Whitewater Area - Molly Hogan Mine
Snowpackjeaster · Dec 24, 2016 · West Purcell
Quick report
- Weather
- stormy, cloudy
- Ride Type
- denseTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder, heavy
Toured up. Dug full pit. CTE 1 12 cm down on new/old interface Q2 RP CTH 22 on rain crust 58 cm down. Q3 RP Snow depth 130 cm total. 3 pronounced crusts in snowpack; failures on crust interfaces. Not a lot of energy. Pretty good skiing up high but closer to the road was heavier/wetter/denser and thinner cover. Parking lot was 3/4 full at noon and folks were observed skiing off evening ridge down fall line to parking lot; we skied fall line off W ridge of White Queen.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- 5
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Wind Direction
- S
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Snowing very heavily but in pulses throughout afternoon; warm air temps (mid 20's F); larger flakes;
Snowpack
- Depth
- 130
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- SW
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 1850
- Ski Penetration
- 30
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Foot Penetration
- 70
- Test Failure Depth
- 12
- Site Elevation Band
- btl
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- crust
Dug full profile. See other section for test results or AVANET for full graphed profile and test rests.