Totem Express
Snowpackclaude.vlr · Feb 7, 2020 · White Pass West
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, sunny
- Ride Type
- steepSlopes, sunnySlopes, alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- hard, windAffected, powder
Weather was changing quickly, so we were sometime in the sun, sometime in the clouds with 0 vis, but mostly it was great. after 2 weeks out of the territry I wanted to check the slopes so I opted for a multi exposure trip. Riding quality was mostly good and sometimes very good.
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- scatteredClouds
- Wind Direction
- SW
- Precipitation Type
- none
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- summary
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
The moderate wind has affected a bit the new fresh snow, especially below the treeline. In the alpine, it has obviously formed a lot of windslab, did a lot of test and ski cut in slopes up tp 45 degrees but with no result, no propagation and the snow seems to bond very well. No sign of new avalanche aside of one Size 1.5 on Tushi Lake which is a very different snowpack than the Pass. A few signs of old slabs a size 2 on a SW west slope of Fraser peak.