Chilly on the Tabletop
Weatherchristine_aikens · Jan 31, 2019 · Vancouver Island
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, windy, sunny
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Good
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected, powder
Skied Summit Creek Tabletop Lollypop Loop. No sign of new avalanche activity. One small whumpf in the trees near the road. New snow was significantly wind affected at and above treeline, throughout most of the valley. However, there had been less wind effect on Tabletop Glacier. 10 cm of new snow on a supportive crust = surprisingly nice turns on the low angle run down the glacier. Temperature dropped to -20 and NE winds picked up to moderate in the afternoon.
Snowpack
160 cm snow depth on Tabletop Glacier.