Paddy Peak Zone North Face
Quick reportbenfeltmate · Nov 16, 2025 · Vancouver Island
Quick report
- Weather
- foggy, sunny
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- sunnySlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- powder
We splitboarded the first dump of snow and so no base was present. If we leaned too far forward we'd scrape the ground or rocks, but leaning back we could float through powder. Main creek was passable, with some running water but could skin on snow bridges.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -5
- Max Temp
- -5
- Min Temp
- -13
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- clear
- Wind Direction
- SE
- New Snow24 Hours
- 5
- Storm Start Date
- 2025-11-09
- Temperature Trend
- falling
- Precipitation Type
- none
clear and sunny all day with some fog rolling in and out around the mountains through the day. wind was calm to none.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 75
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- N
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 1420
- Ski Penetration
- 30
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Foot Penetration
- 60
- Test Failure Depth
- 30
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow, variable
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- depthHoar, facets
Snowpack was powder on top, slowly consolidating into harder snow down to depth hoar with 1mm crystals at ground level. A slight wind layer failed after two elbow strikes, but didn't slide, and the column failed near ground level after 1 should strike, but was resistant to sliding. Incline was 30 degrees