Boulder Hut OPS1 course

Quick report

Weather

warm, cloudy

Ride Type

mellowSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

steepSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionTemp

Weather

Avg Temp

-2

Max Temp

-2

Min Temp

-17

Wind Speed

windSpeedCalm

Sky Condition

overcast

Precipitation Type

snow

Snowpack

Depth

143

Obs Type

summary

Site Aspect

N, NE

Test Fracture

resistant

Site Elevation

2050

Test Initiation

hard

Foot Penetration

55

Test Failure Depth

43

Site Elevation Band

btl

Surface Conditions

newSnow

Test Failure Layer Crystal Types

stormSnow

Full week spent at Boulder Hut for OPS1 Arctic cold front most of the week with 18 cm of HST Rapid warming started yesterday with T -2.0 in the field today A few DL avalanches in steep terrain and variable aspect observed this week. No natural slab avalanche seen, but little terrain travelled Calm variable wind this week. CTH22 (RP) down 43 today SH 6 mm buried down 75. Variable distribution. No result on CT. Strong MFcr combo in the lower snowpack sitting on 20 cm of FC size 2