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Quick reportthomasbiddlecombe · Jan 8, 2026 · Icefields
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, steepSlopes, openTrees
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
⛰️❄️❄️❄️❄️💨💨💨💨💨❄️⛰️ 52.18959N, -117.15182E 2176m altitude @ 11:43: SKI pen was 15 cm in the Tree line ﹋﹋﹋\/﹋﹋|⛷️|﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋\/﹋﹋ 52.18959N, -117.15182E 2177m altitude @ 11:44: Storm finished around 1130 🧗♂️🪢~🔗~~~~🔗~~~~🔗~~~~🧗♀️ 52.18959N, -117.15182E 2178m altitude @ 11:44: Natural avalanches observed of the cliff bands just round from parkers towards Athabasca 🏂~~~~~~~~~~~~⛷️≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ 52.18959N, -117.15181E 2178m altitude @ 11:44: No wind/light wind ﹋﹋﹋\/﹋﹋|⛷️|﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋\/﹋﹋ 52.19198N, -117.15736E 2411m altitude @ 12:51: SKI pen 5-10 cm crust layer at 1 1/2 inches and 5 inches /\^^/\ ⛷️/\^/\ /\^^/\ /\^/\ ⛷️/\^^/\ 52.19198N, -117.15735E 2411m altitude @ 12:52: Very little wind slightly overcast
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- light
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- Wind Direction
- SW
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Was snowing in the morning Noon was clear Afternoon was snowing again I’d guess 10cm of new snow
Snowpack
- Depth
- 165
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- SE
- Test Fracture
- unevenBreak
- Site Elevation
- 2457
- Ski Penetration
- 15
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Foot Penetration
- 30
- Test Failure Depth
- 15
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
52.19187N, -117.15955E 2457m altitude @ 13:20: 165 cm snow depth fist at surface 150-140cm SH to 1 finger at 125cm SH gets tougher until 67cm SH 4 finger facets to base very rapid change between 1 finger and 4, clear layer column test 10 from wrist nothing at 9-10th from elbow got a small layer at 15cm from top 2 from shoulder got another layer at 20cm from top no propagation on either even on the column. But the 2 layers did shift a little bit but no movement, didn't come off in a single block even when pulled by no. 15 from the shoulder and with no movement we took off the top 20cm 10 more, nothing happened could not move the column with hands was able to break it by running into it, came away as a clear layer 30cm from the bottom The whole day it seemed solid. No Whimphs or whumps or how ever else it gets spelt. No cracks NADA