Big white ecological reserve

Weather

Danny Swayze · Dec 20, 2020 · South Okanagan

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Quick report

Ride Type
denseTrees, openTrees
Stayed Away
steepSlopes, convexSlopes
Riding Quality
Good
Snow Conditions
crusty, windAffected, powder

Today we intended to skin up and assess the snow pack. Snow depth was about 150 cm, probed in a few places, at 1950 m elevation. Mildly sheltered by trees. We found no new significant storm snow, and a solid snow pack with no significant layers of concern. The snow was firm at elevation, but became decent in old growth trees. Here is a video of our pit test, by R.schretlen https://vimeo.com/493134601

Snowpack

Hard crust at 90cm above ground Firm snow at this elevation with no significant layer failure.