COTR AST 2: Helen Shoulder

Weather

Chris Kilpatrick · Mar 15, 2018 · Glacier

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Quick report

Weather
wet, stormy, windy, warm, cloudy
Ride Type
alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, denseTrees
Stayed Away
steepSlopes, convexSlopes
Snow Conditions
crusty, heavy, wet
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionTemp

Weather

Humidity Levels (RH) were increasing through the day. Moderate ridge top winds.

Snowpack

New storm interface not bonding well to melt freeze crust. Crust not supportive up to 2200m. On north aspects we had no failures with our compression tests. On south aspects 20cm down SC (drop) below crust in facets. R-Block 1.