Little Sifton Tour

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, windy

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

convexSlopes, steepSlopes, sunnySlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder

Did the Little Sifton Tour up via Grizzly Shoulder. We were the first group to ski off the back of Little Sifton. Visibility was in and out. Powder snow was ankle deep on the north aspect. The ski down the front was mostly good quality skiing until about 200m above the road when it got a bit shmooey. Lots of rubble off the overhead cliffs but most of it had come to rest above the normal ski line. No propagation seen.

Weather

Avg Temp

-7

Wind Speed

windSpeedModerate

Blowing Snow

none

Sky Condition

brokenClouds

Wind Direction

SW

New Snow24 Hours

5

Storm Start Date

2025-02-23

Storm Snow Amount

30

Temperature Trend

steady

Precipitation Type

none

Snowpack

Depth

350

Obs Type

point

Site Aspect

N

Test Fracture

resistant

Ski Penetration

9

Test Initiation

hard

Foot Penetration

29

Test Failure Depth

15

Site Elevation Band

alp

Surface Conditions

newSnow

Test Failure Layer Crystal Types

stormSnow

Dug a pit to 1.5 deep on top left entrance to north pitch off Little Sifton. Several layers released in the top 15cm of recent storm snow. Moderate CT. Nothing moved. 1.5m column only broke when we wiggled it hard. Felt confident skiing the pitch.