Few days in the Purcells
Quick reportc.casselman · Jan 19, 2024 · St. Mary
Quick report
- Weather
- cold
- Ride Type
- cutBlocks, openTrees
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- powder
Trip to check on conditions. Snowpack thin - 100-110cm. Lots of sharks waiting just under the surface. Beautiful dry powder about 30cm ski pen. No wind slabs or consolidation in the entire snowpack
Snowpack
- Depth
- 105
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- NW
- Test Fracture
- unevenBreak
- Site Elevation
- 2000
- Ski Penetration
- 30
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Foot Penetration
- 100
- Test Failure Depth
- 70
- Site Elevation Band
- btl
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- other
100-110cm to ground. Deepest 30cm just ground veg and rotten snow, so about a 70cm snowpack. No signs of wind slab at all. Unconsolidated down to ground vegetation. ECT: shovel was down 30cm after 10 taps, and finally column failed at the ground vegetation (70cm) on the 20th without propagation