Variable conditions on Nak
Snowpackdaniel.piccininni · Jan 1, 2021 · Coquihalla
Quick report
- Weather
- sunny, wet, windy, warm, foggy, cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, steepSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- sunnySlopes, convexSlopes, alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- heavy, windAffected, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp
Skied Nak-Thar bowl. Had the full mix of weather during the day and a variety of snow conditions. Cloudy and snow in the morning, brief clearing with strong sun, strong SW winds in afternoon, ending the day in cloud and light rain below approximately 1500m. Storm snow was fairly heavy to start, some pinwheeling seen off of trees and steep rock exposures. Mid-day with the sun most steep slopes off the SE side of Nak had sluffing and lots of pinwheeling. Surface snow turned from precipitation particles to melt-forms midday, and started to freeze into a bit of a crust near the end of the day. Moderate blowing snow at ridgetop early afternoon. East facing slopes at treeline had pockets of wind slab.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- 0
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- Wind Direction
- SW
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- none
Point observation at 11:00
Snowpack
- Depth
- 177
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- SE
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 1670
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
Inconclusive test pit results. Surface snow changed from precip particles to melt forms from beginning to end of pit 0-15cm: F Precipitation Particles15-3cm : 4F decomposing and fragmented. 30-65cm: 1F rounded grains 65-66cm: K melt freeze crust with a layer of graupel (photo 3) 66-110: P rounded grains CTM19(RP)down 30 on RG CTH24 (SP) down 65 on graupel ECTN 19 down 30 on RG