White Queen Area
Snowpackjeaster · Dec 24, 2016 · Ymir
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, foggy
- Ride Type
- steepSlopes, openTrees, denseTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- powder, heavy
Toured up White Queen from pullout. Went around back side and accessed summit and our descent from 'back' of mountain as opposed to standard ridge up track. Lots of deep snow on cooler aspects and higher elevations but skiing down low closer to road still a little thin to open 'er up. Could have been me telling myself things but snow on cooler aspects seemed slightly less heavy and consolidated.
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Snowfall Rate
- 1
- Wind Direction
- NW
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Light wind at summit. Pretty socked in.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 130
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- N, S, SW, W, NW
- Site Elevation
- 2000
- Ski Penetration
- 20
- Foot Penetration
- 70
- Site Elevation Band
- tln, btl
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
Did no tests. Lots of descent and ascent tracks on North and South side of ridge. No obvious signs of instability observed. Intermittent fog layer around 1600-2000 meters.