Night run
Snowpackgetoutthereandlive · Jan 24, 2021 · North Selkirk
Quick report
- Weather
- cold
- Ride Type
- steepSlopes, openTrees, cutBlocks, convexSlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder
Take my notes with a grain of salt, still learning. This was a quick after work night run. Notes are from the 23rd but conditions did not change to between the 23rd and 24th. Approx 2 cm of new new snow, very light as the Temps are below -5*. My compression test showed no results on a 40* west aspect. I manually broke the columb on a decomposing ice layer down 160.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -11
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Snowfall Rate
- 1
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Snowpack
- Depth
- 240
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- W
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 900
- Ski Penetration
- 15
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Foot Penetration
- 30
- Test Failure Depth
- 160
- Site Elevation Band
- btl
- Surface Conditions
- surfaceHoar, newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- crust
I could not unselected snow pack test fracture character. A lot of force was used to cause the break at 160