Buck lake
Quick reportngsmcgill343 · Jan 1, 2026 · Maligne
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, sunny
- Ride Type
- steepSlopes, alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder, crusty
Great day skiing, some warming effect on steep solar aspects with a sun crust present.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 172
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- NW
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 2200
- Ski Penetration
- 10
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Foot Penetration
- 35
- Test Failure Depth
- 5
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- crust
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets
Elevation: 2200m Aspext: NW 10cm ski pen 35cm foot pen - 0.4 Surfsce temp T10, -5.8 Hand hardness and layering: 172-165 1f 165-145 4f 145-135 1f 135-122 1f + 122-107 p 107-85 1f+ 85 - 68 p 68-45 p 45-35 1f+ 35 ground p(+) Test results CtM 11 down 5cm RP We were in a wind loaded feature as that was the objective for skiing, we felt a weaker at ground in thinner areas, windward aspects were basically all facets to ground