Burdette Creek
Quick reportkanaanbausler · Mar 25, 2024 · Vancouver Island
Quick report
- Weather
- sunny, warm
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees, steepSlopes, sunnySlopes
- Stayed Away
- cutBlocks
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, hard, powder, wet, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSound, avalancheConditionTemp
One big whumph on a flat wind packed ridge on the east end of the Burdette Bowl. Temperatures were warm all week.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 195
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- N
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 1500
- Ski Penetration
- 5
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Foot Penetration
- 10
- Test Failure Depth
- 70
- Site Elevation Band
- alp, tln
- Surface Conditions
- surfaceHoar
- Whumpfing Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets
We did an exploratory loop around the ridgeline surrounding Burdette Creek. Dug a pit on a small north facing hill just above treeline. Found a mostly wind compacted snowpack with facet layers throughout. Surface hoar at the top and depth hoar at the bottom. Sun crusts and melting surfaces were common on anything with a southern aspect. Cold dry snow was found on northerly aspects. Wind affected snow was also abundant but isolated slopes with the right terrain protection were holding good smooth shallow pow.