Gibbon pass
Quick reportbrittney.mixmedia · Mar 5, 2024 · Sunshine
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, cold, stormy, windy
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
Three friends skied cautiously, assessed snowpack, felt wind effect at above treeline so bailed and skied down. Lightly snowing all day, cloudy, air temp around -10C. Observed size 3 avy on way into Shafow Lake Mar.3,2024
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -9
- Max Temp
- -5
- Min Temp
- -20
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- light
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Snowfall Rate
- 1
- Wind Direction
- SE
- New Snow24 Hours
- 2
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Snowpack
- Depth
- 185
- Site Aspect
- SW
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 2321
- Ski Penetration
- 20
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Foot Penetration
- 40
- Test Failure Depth
- 140
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- crust
Failed on thin sun crust, no failure on second pit 5 m away