bonnington blues
Quick reportnavaranasmith · Dec 15, 2023 · Bonnington
Quick report
- Riding Quality
- good
Alas, bonnington blues not for the early szn alder or open water (good skiing above!) but for signs of the the Dec 5th SH. More notes in snowpack.
Weather
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Precipitation Type
- none
Calm morning. Evidence of recent warming to 1900m with icicles and tree bombs.
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- W, SW, NW
- Foot Penetration
- 45
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow, variable
HS improves considerably above 1500m ! Above 1700m HS 70-100cm. Surface was rimed pow. Above 1750m noticed isolated pockets of 10-12mm SH on uptrack (mainly W-SW aspects). **On a hasty pit 1900m on a W aspect 2cm knife hard rain crust down 50cm above continuous layer of 20+mm SH. Below this a second ice layer variable thickness ~75cm and then sugar to ground. No signs of DH.