Yeoword Mtn

Weather

Brad Atkins · Mar 18, 2017 · Long Range Mountains

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Weather
wet, warm, cloudy, foggy
Ride Type
mellowSlopes, openTrees
Stayed Away
alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes
Snow Conditions
heavy, wet
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionTemp

Snowpack

What a DAY! Wet n' Warm like the bowl of Soup I needed when I got home. Poured rain while we unloaded..... sucked it up, poured on the trail up to the cabin..... soaked it up, then it puked for a couple hours above 2000m (barely). 15mins after digging the snow pit there was water running down the test wall from the snow pack above. Temp at time of Obs was -0.5 The upper 10cm was so wet that I didn't feel the tests were very effective. Easy and Moderate taps could barely get past the elephant snot. This is a time when test results don't always give an indication of the likelihood of slides. Use basic instincts, heavy on top light pow from last week underneath. Feels like trouble.