JF Michaud powdah

Quick report

kkantner240 · Feb 19, 2025 · Chic-Chocs

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Quick report

Weather
foggy, warm, cloudy
Ride Type
steepSlopes, mellowSlopes, denseTrees
Stayed Away
alpineSlopes, convexSlopes
Riding Quality
amazing
Snow Conditions
deepPowder, heavy
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSnow

Powder from the Monday storm just started to settle and get heavier since yesterday with the warm temps today. Still great skiing in the trees. Low visibility above tree line made it difficult to assess snowpack for wind slabs on open slopes. A rider we met saw a large wind slab under the ridge at the top of Batman.

Snowpack

Depth
210
Obs Type
point
Site Aspect
NE
Test Fracture
resistant
Site Elevation
825
Test Failure Depth
65
Site Elevation Band
tln
Surface Conditions
newSnow

Storm snow from Monday and last week sheared off cleanly with some resistance at a faceted weak layer, 10 cm thick, at 65 cm down. ECT showed no sudden collapse or fracture after 30+ taps and no propagation. About 30 cm of 1F snow under weak layer, followed by depth hoar the rest of the way down.