Motel 66 & Vantage Peak

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, sunny

Ride Type

denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees, steepSlopes

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes, convexSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow

Snowpack

Depth

185

Obs Type

summary

Site Aspect

N, NW

Test Fracture

sudden

Site Elevation

1800

Ski Penetration

25

Test Initiation

easy

Foot Penetration

45

Test Failure Depth

25

Site Elevation Band

tln

Surface Conditions

newSnow

Test Failure Layer Crystal Types

other, stormSnow

Snow pit dug on N aspect of Motel 66 at 1800m. Total snow depth 185cm. CT4, sudden drop/collapse in the new storm snow at 25cm. CT22, sudden drop at 65cm. CT29, sudden drop at 125cm. ECTN4, storm layer at 25cm. ECTN21, at 65cm. No propagation in the ECT. Density near the top 30cm was fist-hard snow, below that was four finger hard snow, and continued to get denser into 1 finger dense snow near the base of the snowpack. There wasn't any obvious crusts. In general, the snow felt well-bonded and fairly stable where we dug pits We also skied a NW line off of Vantage Peak, snow depth was generally shallower (~50cm) and quite variable with some wind affected pockets, seemed well-bonded with no signs of avalanche activity.