Pow Summit!
Quick reportnickkeenan · Dec 8, 2023 · Pyramid
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, alpineSlopes
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow
It's been a long wait but it finally looks like touring season! Extremely deep pow day at bow summit, stayed in more mellow terrain & at treeline.
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- point
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Test Failure Depth
- 35
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- crust
Went to explore around bow summit, ski cut a number of steep convex rolls on the way up at and below treeline & got no results. Dug a pit at treeline, 65cm snowpack, ECTP 12 failing 35cm down on a thick crust above base facets. Snow was significantly deeper where we rode, up to 1m & although we had a result on the ECT, we couldn't get the layer to react with skis on. Didn't hear any woofing, wind picked up & was moving snow at and above treeline as we were leaving. Lots of signs of recent avalanche activity.