Hunting fresh snow after the drought
Snowpackjaspeerrs · Feb 19, 2022 · Spearhead
Quick report
- Weather
- windy, foggy, cloudy
- Ride Type
- denseTrees, openTrees, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, heavy, powder
No signs of natural avalanches
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -12
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedModerate
- Sky Condition
- fog
- Snowfall Rate
- 1
- New Snow24 Hours
- 7
- Storm Snow Amount
- 7
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Snowpack
- Depth
- 280
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NE
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 1910
- Ski Penetration
- 5
- Test Initiation
- veryEasy
- Foot Penetration
- 15
- Test Failure Depth
- 7
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- crust, newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- crust
We found the recent melt-freeze crust 7cm down popping while setting up a compression test Another facet/crust layer was 65cm down and popped CTM 13 No signs of natural avalanches