Big White East Peak
SnowpackBAMF15E · Feb 9, 2021 · South Okanagan
Quick report
- Weather
- sunny, cold
- Ride Type
- openTrees
- Stayed Away
- sunnySlopes, openTrees
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Sky Condition
- clear
- Wind Direction
- NE
- New Snow24 Hours
- 8
- Temperature Trend
- falling
- Precipitation Type
- none
Cold (-20C at parking lot) and getting colder as our afternoon went on, wind at lower elevations, but stop until we were on the NE aspect. We skinned back to a SE aspect.
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- SE
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Test Failure Depth
- 50
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- crust, surfaceHoar
CTM16 tap overall/RP, no other results for the rest of the test. The layer, 50cm down was surface hoar or crust. The rest of the column was stable down to the December rain crust.