Valemountain Caribous

Snowpack

Frozen Pirate · Nov 28, 2020 · Kootenay Boundary

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Weather
wet, windy, warm, foggy, cloudy
Ride Type
mellowSlopes, openTrees
Riding Quality
Good
Snow Conditions
heavy, wet, deepPowder, powder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSnow

Very limited travel today. Logging roads and access trails to 1950m. Up to 50cms of HST, light to moderate sw winds. HST unconsolidated and still very fluffy. Crust down 85cms with 1-2mm facets below. AT -3 at 1300hrs 1900m. Caution windslab development in open alp and treeline.

Snowpack

Test profile. 1950. East asp. 20degrees. HS130 55cm fist on top of midpack increasing in firmness to crust below. Early Nov crust (2cm) down 85cm degrading with facets above and below. No results on crust Repeated Hard, SC results on wet, basal facets/ground