Olivia Creek/Cold Feet

Snowpack

Ben Martin · Dec 31, 2020 · Lizard

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Quick report

Ride Type
openTrees
Riding Quality
good
Snow Conditions
powder

Weather

Wind Speed
windSpeedLight
Sky Condition
fewClouds
Wind Direction
NW
New Snow24 Hours
5
Precipitation Type
none

Trees are heavily loaded with snow from last week's rain/snow storm and tops were breaking off all along the Olivia creek road. We cleared 5 on the way in, and 2 more had fallen by the time we left. Take a saw if you head back there!

Snowpack

Depth
120
Obs Type
point
Site Aspect
W, NW
Site Elevation
2100
Test Initiation
moderate
Test Failure Depth
40
Site Elevation Band
tln
Surface Conditions
newSnow
Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
crust

Observed 2 melt/freeze crusts, one at 40cm, another at 70cm