Bijoux

Quick report

Weather

cloudy

Ride Type

mellowSlopes, openTrees

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

hard, powder, windAffected

Not great riding conditions even after the recent snowfall. Lots of small trees still exposed. Almost riding on rock along exposed, windswept ridges.

Weather

Wind Speed

windSpeedLight

Blowing Snow

none

Sky Condition

overcast

New Snow24 Hours

0

Storm Snow Amount

0

Temperature Trend

steady

Precipitation Type

none

Precipitation24 Hours

0

Snowpack

Depth

188

Obs Type

point

Site Aspect

NW

Test Fracture

sudden

Site Elevation

1599

Test Initiation

hard

Foot Penetration

20

Sled Penetration

20

Test Failure Depth

130

Site Elevation Band

tln

Surface Conditions

newSnow

Loose snow from recent snowfall on well consolidated now, noticed several layers shoveling the pit, but the column had a sudden planar failure at 130 cm from the surface with the block staying in one chunk after being toppled over.