Quartz Creek Cabin Valley

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, wet

Ride Type

openTrees

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

crusty, powder

Went for a sled dec 14th to Cabin Valley. Area was pretty tracked up, dipping into fresh stuff led to a few sunken tracks to ground once they hit the facets. Was snowing throughout the day, ~8cm. Dug a pit at a glacier boundary at 2100m NE aspect, found the storm snow bonding pretty well, and had a few results on our tests. CTH22 SP down 55 on the SH, repeated CTH23 RP down 40cm, not repeated, did go on a shovel shear hard but take that for what it is. Foot pen of 55cm

Weather

Avg Temp

-6

Wind Speed

windSpeedCalm

Blowing Snow

none

Sky Condition

overcast

Snowfall Rate

1

New Snow24 Hours

10

Storm Snow Amount

10

Temperature Trend

steady

Precipitation Type

snow

Snowpack

Depth

110

Obs Type

point

Site Aspect

NE

Test Fracture

sudden

Site Elevation

2100

Test Initiation

hard

Foot Penetration

55

Site Elevation Band

tln

Surface Conditions

newSnow

Test Failure Layer Crystal Types

surfaceHoar

Dug a pit at a glacier boundary at 2100m NE aspect, found the storm snow bonding pretty well, and had a few results on our tests. CTH22 SP down 55 on the SH, repeated CTH23 RP down 40cm, not repeated, did go on a shovel shear hard but take that for what it is. Foot pen of 55cm