Mt elsey

Quick report

fbr · Dec 9, 2018 · Kootenay Boundary

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Quick report

Weather
windy
Ride Type
mellowSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees
Riding Quality
Good
Snow Conditions
windAffected, powder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSnow

The skiing on Saturday was amazing. The temp was -8 at 11am, light to no wind, approximately 5-10cms of new snow in last 48 hours. Massive surface hoar growth at lower elevations. Saturday late evening brought on strong southwesterly winds, continuing to Sunday. Gust upwards of 50kmh or more. Enough to blow you across flats. 9am, -5, oc, new wind slabs release while isolating test column @2-5cm on likely sh, cte9 @30cm non-planar, then quite consolidated below that. As the morning progressed the windslabs grew larger and touchier