Tete Jaune Region
Quick reportCraig Hartmetz · Nov 25, 2023 · Premier
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy
- Ride Type
- openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -5
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- scatteredClouds
- Wind Direction
- N
- Storm Start Date
- 2023-11-21
- Storm Snow Amount
- 6
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- none
Valley ice fog was present between 1500 and 1900 m all day. Temperatures steadily rose throughout the day.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 60
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- NE, NW
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 2000
- Ski Penetration
- 15
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Foot Penetration
- 25
- Test Failure Depth
- 60
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets
6 cm of new snow overlies previous wind slabs (1F to P, aspect dependent). Spotty preserved rimed precipitation particles (PPr, 2 mm) present below this slab (down 25-40 cm) and on top of 1F snow blow. Immediately above the ground, 10 cm of 4F to F (aspect dependent) facets (4 mm) are gaining strength. In deeper snowpack areas (HS 80 cm) we observed CTH (SC) results on the basal facets. In shallower areas, the results on the same layer were breaks. The preserved PPr,2 produced CTH (SP) results where present.