Dodge the Pineapples!

Snowpack

ndfriesen · Jan 1, 2020 · Manning

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Quick report

Weather
warm
Ride Type
mellowSlopes
Stayed Away
alpineSlopes, convexSlopes
Riding Quality
Good
Snow Conditions
powder

No Na observed. 1-2m cracking at skis in unsupported microfeatures. Base of Manning resort had approx. 4cm HST, snow quality improved at 1700m where overnight precip fell as snow. Top of Grassy was surprisingly dry and low density, estimated HST of 15.

Weather

S-1

Snowpack

Test pit dug at the top of Grassy at TL. 110 cm of F-4F snow over laminated MFcr at bottom of snowpack (down 120). CTM12 (RP) down 34 on SH 1-2 (repeatable) with no slab observed above. SH was sparse in several samples.