Rocky Renshaw
Quick reportfreitagsven · Jan 21, 2024 · Renshaw
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, warm
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- powder, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionTemp
Exploring the Renshaw, which is new to us. Low visibility on the overcast day made contours in the snow hard to see and we went slow. Still didn't go to well as we started clipping rocks hidden in the relatively low snow pack on the way from the cabin to the Wolverine Bowl. Didn't take very long before I took the handlebars to the chest at low speed. Only saw the hump of snow on the mellow slope in the last second. Could have spotted it from a distance in better visibility. Dug a quick pit on the slope, which turned out to be rocky petty much everywhere. My wife calls it the Rockshaw now.
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Temperatures rose during the day and must have been getting close to 0 in the alpine. They were well above 0 back at the trailhead when we got back.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 90
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- SE
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 1900
- Test Initiation
- easy
- Foot Penetration
- 45
- Test Failure Depth
- 30
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets
Dug a test pit on what turned out to be a rocky slope. 30 cm recent storm snow over 60 cm of facets down to the rocks. The facets still had a bit of cohesion to them.