Frosty Mtn approach
Quick reportbrian.thornburn · Dec 19, 2023 · Bull
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, warm
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, heavy, windAffected
Horrid trail conditions below the golden larches meadow. Plenty of snow but under tree cover, which was everywhere, rock, roots, soil and ice abounded. Snow was quite nice, skinning and skiing on a supportive crust on the meadow. Skinned up to the lookout viewing all of Frosty Mtn. The bowls look skiable but do not know the ridge conditions. NE and N cornices forming. Snow depth variable, 40cm on wind exposed features to 60cm in lee terrain. The ski out was even worse, gave up with 3km to go and boot packed out. Finished by headlamp.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -5
- Min Temp
- -7
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Rainfall Rate
- drizzle
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- Snowfall Rate
- 1
- Wind Direction
- NE
- New Snow24 Hours
- 0
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- mixedSnowRain
- Precipitation24 Hours
- 0
A few gusts of light wind noted @ 1400hrs but otherwise calm. No wind transport witnessed on the ridges. Light intermittent snowfall began @ 1430 on the descent.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 56
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NE
- Site Elevation
- 2159
- Ski Penetration
- 5
- Foot Penetration
- 40
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- crust
Dug a small profile to ground. 60cm total base. Sugar to 25cm where a 4cm pencil crust sits. 4F to 55cm where another 4cm pencil crust sits. 2-3cm 1F wind loaded snow above the crust. Crust is supportive generally everywhere above 2000m.