Tiptoe at Window

Quick report

Weather

sunny, cloudy

Ride Type

sunnySlopes, convexSlopes, openTrees, denseTrees, cutBlocks, mellowSlopes

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

powder, crusty

We spent the day sledding around Window Mountain. Access was smooth, there is 5-10 cm of crust/ice on the Atlas trail, just enough to make it work with some chainsawing. The day was a mix of sun and cloud, winds were light from the south. Air temperature was -8 at 2000 m (at noon). We were pleased to find 12 cm of new snow on the surface. Below, the weekend rain event has formed a new 3 cm crust. The late January persistent weak layer is down ~50 cm. This layer produce hard results in compression tests, but we could not get it to propagate. We observed numerous size 1 loose dry avalanches in steep alpine terrain. As well as one size 1.5 wind slab on an alpine east facing slope.