East Raft Peak
Snowpackandrew-helton · Dec 24, 2016 · Clearwater
Quick report
- Weather
- stormy, cloudy, foggy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, alpineSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -8
- Max Temp
- -6
- Min Temp
- -12
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- light
- Sky Condition
- fog
- Snowfall Rate
- 1
- Wind Direction
- W
- New Snow24 Hours
- 15
- Storm Snow Amount
- 35
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
- Precipitation24 Hours
- 15
Snowpack
- Depth
- 175
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- SE, S, E
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 2000
- Ski Penetration
- 30
- Test Initiation
- veryEasy
- Foot Penetration
- 50
- Sled Penetration
- 30
- Test Failure Depth
- 40
- Site Elevation Band
- alp, tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Whumpfing Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- stormSnow, surfaceHoar
Observed whumphing when entering steeper terrain and more isolated pockets. When cutting our test we had a failure on what was either SH or PPsd, between 30-40 down. after finding these results as well as a moderate result 45 down on what seemed to be old storm new storm interface, we chose to ski some much more mellow lines in the trees