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Quick report

Weather

stormy, windy

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

amazing

Snow Conditions

deepPowder, powder, windAffected

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow

Report is for today and previous 5 days of obs. 60cm well consolidated in the alpine, 1700m and above, pretty wind effected. Either hard windcrust or very scoured - mostly on south - west features. Leeward and well sheltered features have amazing riding quality and have 80-120cm of low density powder. No signs of any instabilities, all aspects, all elevations. S1 - S2 for most of today ( stopped around 14:30) L- mod gusts in the alpine. Light snow transport from the south - west on ridgetops ( 1600m and above) - 14 in Jade City overnight rising to -4 at 1600m at 14:00, Overcast all day.

Weather

Avg Temp

-4

Wind Speed

windSpeedLight

Blowing Snow

light

Sky Condition

overcast

Wind Direction

SW

New Snow24 Hours

10

Storm Start Date

2024-11-14

Storm Snow Amount

10

Temperature Trend

rising

Precipitation Type

snow

Precipitation24 Hours

15

Snowpack

Obs Type

summary

Site Aspect

E, N, S, W

Site Elevation

1500

Sled Penetration

40

Site Elevation Band

alp, btl, tln

Surface Conditions

newSnow

Test Failure Layer Crystal Types

stormSnow

No signs of instabilities. Very cohesive snowpack.