Hollyburn Trees

Snowpack

salmon.sully · Jan 3, 2022 · North Shore

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Quick report

Weather
stormy
Ride Type
mellowSlopes, openTrees
Stayed Away
convexSlopes, steepSlopes
Riding Quality
amazing
Snow Conditions
powder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSnow

80 cm of storm snow, 25 cm from the previous night made for spicy but fun ski conditions.

Snowpack

Obs Type
point
Test Fracture
unevenBreak
Site Elevation
1250
Test Initiation
easy
Surface Conditions
newSnow
Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
stormSnow

Upper snowpack is a layer cake of storm snow and variable wind layers that were happy to move on CTE2-8. Down 80 cm, there was non-planar break on CTM-7 (the start of the current storm?). Below 100 cm were sugary facets. HS 300 cm.