Kindergarten Couloir
Quick reportgracemoore319 · Jan 23, 2026 · Lake Louise
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, sunny
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- hard
Snowpack
- Depth
- 134
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- N
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Ski Penetration
- 4
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Foot Penetration
- 10
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- crust
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- crust
very hard packed and resistent snow. Failed on the 26th impact (6th hit from over the shoulder) at roughly 30 cm under the surface. Earlier persistent weak layers in the snowpack were hard to observe.