Deep pow at Alpen!
Quick reportandreamtate · Feb 1, 2025 · Sky Pilot
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, cold, windy
- Ride Type
- openTrees, mellowSlopes, denseTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, alpineSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder, heavy
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound
Very deep snow and an obviously reactive snowpack. Consistent snow from around 800m. Deep trail breaking, but fun & deep skiing even on low angle slopes. Hard to move! See snowpack tab for some other observations.
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- N, NW
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Test Initiation
- easy
- Cracking Observed
- 1
- Site Elevation Band
- btl
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Whumpfing Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- stormSnow
CTE 5 @ 20cm SP Rutschblock test produced R2 for the layer from before this storm which sat at 60cm. It slid incredibly easily with a single gentle step onto the slope. The upper layer @20cm mentioned in the compression test slid before I even stepped on the slope (As seen in the first photo). Tests were done on an isolated 30° N/NW facing slope at 2:30pm. Cloudy in the morning with heavy winds, then some sun & cloud as the day progressed with lower winds leading to some minor pinwheeling.