Powder laps in stable snow

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, warm

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

steepSlopes

Riding Quality

amazing

Snow Conditions

deepPowder, powder

The first idea was to go up Glacier crest and go take a look in the alpine. We turned back after 200m up when the wind was picking up (tree bombing everywhere was'nt confortable to keep going up with te persistent slab problem in the trees). We then went near the East avalanche path of Abott's ridge and opened a skin track in 80+ cm of powder up to 1800m elev. No drum roll, shooting crack or slab observed while opening the skintrack We did multiple handshear on the way up (max elevation at 1800m). Only one hand shear gave a result, moderate/hard SP at 80 cm down on SH. Density on the sliding surface was 4F. Test done at 1500m on east aspect, slope at 30 deg. Skiing was incredible, lets hope that the wind won't affect it too much

Weather

Avg Temp

-2

Wind Speed

windSpeedLight

Sky Condition

brokenClouds

New Snow24 Hours

20

Storm Snow Amount

20

Temperature Trend

rising

Precipitation Type

snow

It got fairly warm as the day went on (especially at valley bottom, which got 0 degC). Ski quality was still excellent at 1300m and up

Snowpack

Obs Type

summary

Site Aspect

E

Test Fracture

sudden

Site Elevation

1800

Ski Penetration

100

Test Initiation

hard

Test Failure Depth

80

Site Elevation Band

btl, tln

Surface Conditions

surfaceHoar