Gagne-basin
Quick reportdrijber · Mar 30, 2025 · Northwest Inland
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, cloudy
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, cutBlocks
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- terrible
- Snow Conditions
- wet, crusty
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSound
We travelled between 1800m and 2400m. Not a sufficient overnight freeze in this area. We found an unsupportive crust which started to improve at 2200m. Whumpfs and/or shooting cracks occurred on all aspects and elevations we travelled. All aspects in this area had recently slid with varying crown depths. Of note Lussier and White-Coyote Ridge FSR have decent 4x4 travel currently.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 140
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- N, NW
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 2400
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Cracking Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Depth
- 70
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow, crust
- Whumpfing Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- depthHoar
Layer of concern found down 70cm on both ECTP12 and CTM14. Another layer at 110cm did not react during tests.