Wawa ridge pits

Quick report

Weather

warm, sunny, windy

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes

Stayed Away

steepSlopes, convexSlopes

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionTemp

Skied up Wawa ridge to assess conditions and dug 3 pits. Widespread breakable crust, occasionally supportive to skis depending on aspect. Ski pen 10-20cm when breaking through crust. Foot pen to ground most places. Ski quality is terrible. Snowpack moist to base. Top 17-25cm 1F resistance moist slab composed of 1mm rounding facets. Fist resistance facets beneath. Compression tests, and extended column tests had easy-medium planar fractures on this layer in 2 of our pits. See attached snow profiles for more info. Base of snowpack still facets and large depth hoar with a couple weak crusts above.