Whitepass - Big Y Area

Quick report

devin.wittig · May 3, 2021 · Wheaton

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Quick report

Weather
cloudy, sunny, warm
Ride Type
mellowSlopes, sunnySlopes
Stayed Away
alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes
Riding Quality
Terrible
Snow Conditions
crusty
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionTemp

Map not working to put in location Temperature at start (8am) was -4 11am temp was 2 degree Dug 2 south facing pits on 28-34 degree aspects (similar to objective) and saw complete planar failures at CTE3 and ECTE2. Thus did a mellow valley ski

Weather

Rapid temperature rise from -6 at 8am to 0.2 at 11am

Snowpack

dug both pits to 1.4m Both sw aspects Pit 1 faceted layer from 14 to 29cm (2-4cm) and another at 49-54cm4\ CTE3 at 19 down Pit 2 ECTE4 at 14 down