Miller Ridge
Snowpackpow.der · Mar 11, 2017 · Brandywine
Quick report
- Weather
- stormy, windy, warm, cloudy, foggy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Snow Conditions
- powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow
Snowpack
Dug a pit down 1.5m @ treeline, w facing aspect 1800m. -2C, snowing with high wind gusts up to 50km/hr, cloudy with occasional sunny breaks and snowing lightly. CT yielded results CTE1 SP down 25cm on storm snow March 10, CTM13 down 45cm on facets/surface hoar from high pressure / cold snap from previous weeks of temps ~ -20C. ECT yielded similar results but did not propagate across entire column, results isolated to directly underneath shovel ECTN#1 down 25cm, ECTN#13 down 45cm. Did not observe any natural slides, or remotely triggered slides on alpine miller faces. Treeline no-boarding was excellent and did not observe any boarder or snowmobile triggered slides.