Coq Lakes Ridge + first column test
Quick reporttahcameron · Jan 3, 2021 · Cariboos
Quick report
- Weather
- stormy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Good
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp, avalancheConditionSnow
Riding quality? Amazing. Riding amount? Ok. -- too much snow, too high hazard. Snow was beauty where we found slopes we were comfortable skiing. But overall, with the new snow + forecast hazard, we stayed mellow and turns were difficult. Did an ECT (first time ever, see report in snowpack). Tree wells, can confirm - still tricky.
Snowpack
First time doing a test. Total snow depth: ~205cm Layer collapsed+propagated at 175cm after 15 taps (5th elbow tap) Layer collapsed+propagated at 160cm after 21 taps (1st shoulder tap) Observed layer 65-70cm below surface (140cm?) (discussed in forecast?), no result. If you want to watch the fun, video of the test: https://youtu.be/5Ko8Wb9hZWM (brutal technique probably :D) We also jumped on some convex rolls, bit tricker to trigger a slab in some spots, which I thought didn't totally match the ECT results. https://youtu.be/M9K2IeWUvcE