Wendy T, Marriott Basin
SnowpackK.Inch · Mar 18, 2023 · Duffey
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, sunny
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes
- Stayed Away
- sunnySlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp
S/W/E slopes showed signs of warming with pinwheeling and wet loose point releases (S/W slopes). Sun crust evident in morning. We skied NNE slope that was shaded with soft, deep and dry snow. Some wind affect at the ridgeline. Overall, great ski quality and comfortable uphill travel. (Adjacent to 'Honey Bronzed and Very Desirable', so we named it 'Sun Kissed & Barely Missed'.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -1
- Min Temp
- -5
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Rainfall Rate
- raining
- Sky Condition
- scatteredClouds
- Wind Direction
- NE
- New Snow24 Hours
- 0
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- none
- Precipitation24 Hours
- 0
Skies 2-4/8 with periods of nearly full sun, visibility unlimited with temps -2 and rising throughout afternoon. Winds calm from NE. No new snow with sun crust on S/W/E aspects. Foot pen on these aspects 10-12cm through breakable crust. N/NE aspects still soft and dry with foot pen of 30+cm. (*Ignore the 'raining' tick box above... checked by accident and won't let me uncheck it. No precip.).
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Elevation Band
- alp, tln
-Melt-freeze cycle apparent on S/W/E aspects, with obvious sun crust in morning and significant pinwheeling with several wet loose observations made midday-afternoon. -N/NE slopes still soft and dry, 30cm+ foot pen.