Pulpit 4 Exploring

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, sunny

Ride Type

convexSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes

Riding Quality

amazing

Snow Conditions

powder

River isn't frozen where we crossed (expected), went for a nice knee dip to get across. Some areas of the river, especially south of Pulpit 4, looked frozen from above but would not trust ice to hold. Ice had definitely degraded in quality (cracking, edges falling into water, etc.) in the afternoon vs the morning. Skiing quality at and below treeline in the east avalanche paths off Pulpit 4 was incredible with some obstacles. Bit of a wallow to skin up though with the facets. Godspeed if you follow our meandering skin track.

Weather

Max Temp

-8

Min Temp

-14

Wind Speed

windSpeedLight

Blowing Snow

none

Sky Condition

brokenClouds

Wind Direction

SW

New Snow24 Hours

0

Temperature Trend

rising

Precipitation Type

none

Precipitation24 Hours

0

Snowpack

Depth

75

Obs Type

summary

Site Aspect

E

Site Elevation

2100

Ski Penetration

20

Foot Penetration

73

Site Elevation Band

btl, tln

Surface Conditions

facets

Lots of facets (shocking). No pits dug, but did not feel any settling or whumpfing. Definite low height of snow, have to watch for pungees especially in the tight trees. The avalanche paths we travelled through did not have much widespread connection, still lots of trees and rocks breaking it up.