Frosty Mountain
Quick reportbrian.thornburn · Dec 15, 2024 · Cariboos
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, sunny
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- sunnySlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- powder
Skinned up to summit Frosty but turned back below the summit ridge as daylight was running out. Terrible trail to ski down. Great powder though.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -15
- Max Temp
- -5
- Min Temp
- -18
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Blowing Snow
- light
- Rainfall Rate
- drizzle
- Sky Condition
- fewClouds
- Snowfall Rate
- 1
- Wind Direction
- NE
- New Snow24 Hours
- 17
- Storm Start Date
- 2024-12-14
- Storm Snow Amount
- 18
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
- Precipitation24 Hours
- 17
Snowpack
- Depth
- 110
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NW
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 2173
- Ski Penetration
- 16
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Foot Penetration
- 30
- Test Failure Depth
- 63
- Site Elevation Band
- alp, tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
CT failure at 7 shoulder taps at 67cm. No propogation on ECT. Bottom 67 cm finger pen, then 1in pencil crust, above which fist pen up to 92cm. Above that powder.