Lots of snow, low angles, great weather
Snowpacksaxon.g · Dec 5, 2023 · Brandywine
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, sunny
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, denseTrees, sunnySlopes
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab
Great mellow day at shovelnose. Was able to drive to around 600m, easy skinning from there. Looked like some natural avalanches on the south face of the ridge just east of Fee.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -4
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- clear
- Storm Start Date
- 2024-01-05
- Storm Snow Amount
- 65
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- none
Snowpack
- Depth
- 140
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- S
- Site Elevation
- 1719
- Ski Penetration
- 25
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Foot Penetration
- 56
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
CTM14 down 17 on south aspect. 65cm of low density storm snow Crust observed to be 10cm