Sweet 16
Quick reporttravelingframes · Jan 25, 2026 · Spray - KLakes
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, cold
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, mellowSlopes, openTrees, steepSlopes
- Stayed Away
- cutBlocks
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, powder
Flurries and clouds mostly, with the occasional sun higher up. On the way up, in the open glades switch-backs (NE aspect) below the bowl, there was very hard crust/ice under about 10cm of powder outside of the skin tracks. We had lunch at about 2250m, and dug a pit. Interestingly, we did not observe the crust (SE aspect). Skiing down, the snow was generally good and powdery, but there were sections of icy/hard semi-buried/covered avy debris. Overall, a good day to be outside.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 300
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- SE
- Site Elevation
- 2250
- Test Initiation
- none
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
Probe HS300. Only dug about 1m down for the CT. About 10cm of wind slab/new snow mix (F-4F) on firm (1F) snow. Didn't observe any other noticeable layers. CT yielded no results, but a shovel tilt test revealed the top layer slid easily (ST3)