Apex Mountain Wind Tour
Quick reportseannagel7147 ยท Jan 7, 2026
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, windy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- powder, windAffected
Took the quick chair up Apex and skinned over to Apex Mountain. Fast ridge wind into the bowl and lots of wind slabs and scouring. Riding deeper into the bowl ended up being decent. North facing aspects still hold good snow if they are wind sheltered.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 81
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- SE
- Test Fracture
- unevenBreak
- Site Elevation
- 2150
- Ski Penetration
- 5
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Foot Penetration
- 30
- Cracking Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Depth
- 70
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- crust, newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- crust, facets
80-85 cm fresh light unconsolidated snow 70-80 cm consolidated P 70 K hard crust with faceting below 45-70 4F 5-45 P 0-5 I with faceting below