Needle North Bowl
Snowpackjasminehdd · Mar 23, 2021 · Coquihalla
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, cold, windy
- Ride Type
- openTrees, mellowSlopes, denseTrees
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected, powder
1700 m NE aspect 17° slope -4°c 2:15 pm Surface 20 cm of storm snow ECT11 collapse 10 cm down ECT18 collapse 20 cm down ECT27 popped and slid @ 20 cm down on thin melt freeze crust arrested itself quickly. Fist down 20 cm to the melt freeze crust, then finger snow to 30 cm & pencil below. Nice brisk touring conditions from hwy through the old growth forest, gave way to windy & icy conditions on very top of the ridge. Signs of wind loading at the access/egress to the north bowl. Great riding in the north facing bowl. Cornices on the NE facing cliffs still hanging out, as well as along the ridge. Gave them a wide berth.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -4
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- light
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- New Snow24 Hours
- 20
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NE
- Site Elevation
- 1700
- Ski Penetration
- 10
- Foot Penetration
- 20
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow