Tenquille Weekend

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, stormy, windy

Ride Type

mellowSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

steepSlopes, alpineSlopes, convexSlopes

Riding Quality

amazing

Snow Conditions

deepPowder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow

Tenquille lake Dec 20,21,22,23. 20-30cm fresh snow each day interspersed with periods of no/little precip. Cloudy. Daytime temps @1650m avg -3 - -5c. Moderate to strong SW winds. Snow above treeline wind affected, slabby. BTL dry and loose. No signs of recent natural avalanches. Small dry loose slides skiier triggered on >35° unsupported micro terrain S aspects ~1850m. Small 10cm wind slab skiier triggered on >35° convex micro terrain NE aspect ~1850m. Dec 22: ~1850m NNE aspect, 11:30am. 320cm to ground. Poorly defined layer ~15cm down ct 6. Wind pressed weak layer found ~40cm down ct 16. Dec 23: ~1950m S aspect, 2:45pm. 250cm to ground. Poorly defined layers 20, 30cm down ct 14, 16. Cleaner layer 50cm down, ct 23. Hard icy layer ~120cm down, no compression test results but failed dramatically when skiier bouncing/jumping hard on-top of pit. Pictured.