Kicking horse area
SnowpackWilly.Wonka · Jan 16, 2022 · Dogtooth
Quick report
- Weather
- windy, warm, cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, sunnySlopes, openTrees
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, windAffected, powder
Skied in and around KHMR. Moderate winds above 2000m. Looked like they got quite high Sat eve by the number of tree bombs down on Sun. Some suncrust forming on steeper, true S aspects. Variable windeffect, particularly in the alp. Sunday, moderate winds above 2200m. System arrived early afternoon with light flurries starting near noon, dropping ceiling and winds increasing.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 185
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- SW
- Site Elevation
- 1920
- Ski Penetration
- 15
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Foot Penetration
- 30
- Site Elevation Band
- btl
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow, crust, variable
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets, crust
Dug @ 1920m SW slope. ECTN8 down 20cm, in new snow, SP ECTN15 down 30cm base of storm snow SP ECT27 down 120cm on facets above Dec 2nd crust/facet combo ECTX - separate pit nearby Crust combo about 10-15cm thick in this location with rounding facets to 2-4mm