Surprise! Genuinely good ski quality… on the north side
Snowpackmmpye · Nov 10, 2021 · Shames
Quick report
- Weather
- sunny, cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, sunnySlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder
Blower new snow, northern aspects had great ski quality- dug a pit out of curiosity to how the early season snowpack is lining up- details in snowpack summary section
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -1
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- light
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- Wind Direction
- NE
- New Snow24 Hours
- 30
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- none
Solar aspects saw a lot of warming yesterday
Snowpack
- Depth
- 115
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- N
- Test Fracture
- unevenBreak
- Site Elevation
- 1100
- Ski Penetration
- 25
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Foot Penetration
- 60
- Cracking Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Depth
- 30
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- stormSnow
115-96cm 30cm new snow DF, CTM7 result in this layer- Resistant Planar on storm snow interface. (Didn’t see this layer go while skiing) F hard 96-55cm Rounds mostly with some DF. 4F hard 55-47cm 1F hard MF crystals 1.0mm 47-5cm knife hard MF large 3.0mm 5-0cm F hard basal facets