Bow Summit 171027

Quick report

Dave Crerar · Oct 27, 2017 · East Side 93N

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Weather
warm, cloudy, sunny
Ride Type
alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, convexSlopes, sunnySlopes
Snow Conditions
wet, windAffected, powder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionTemp

Weather

Spring in October

Snowpack

Not a very Rockies like snowpack. Strong bonding of recent storm snow. Evidence of basal faceting at ground and within the lower 10cms. Extreme warming and spring-like conditions by noon. Observed wind slab near ridge features. Fat snowpack in the deposit zones on NE to E aspects