Backside of Mt Fernie
Quick reportmayt · Mar 15, 2025 · Northwest Inland
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, foggy, stormy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, deepPowder, powder
Great day out behind Mt Fernie skiing NE aspect. 5-15 cm of fresh on top of crust from 1000 to 1700m. Great powder above 1700m with no concerning observations. Lots of old slide debris skinning up the Mt Fernie drainage from about 1150 to 1500 m
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Very calm day, overcast and hard to see above 1900 m. Steady snow all day.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 320
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NE
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 1950
- Ski Penetration
- 15
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Test Failure Depth
- 50
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- stormSnow
ECN23, Rutshblock test: 2 RP releases 20 and 50 cm into the snowpack. The layers did not fully release and slide off the column. We felt very comfortable skiing conservative slopes and observed no other signs of instability.