Mount Washington Avalanche Courses
Quick reportinfo · Dec 17, 2023 · Jasper
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, sunny
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- terrible
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, wet
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp
Island Alpine Guides avalanche courses and guided touring access Mount Washington and Mosaic Forest Management private lands under agreements with both entities.
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- N, NE, S, SE, SW
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Foot Penetration
- 0
- Site Elevation Band
- btl, tln
- Surface Conditions
- crust
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets, surfaceHoar
Snowpack is moist top to bottom up to 1500m. Test results in various locations in the hard end of moderate range, resistant planar on either surface hoar or facets below crusts about 25cm and 70cm from ground. Those facetted crystals are moist and rounding.