Quick report
- Weather
- windy, warm, sunny
- Ride Type
- sunnySlopes, alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes
- Riding Quality
- terrible
- Snow Conditions
- hard, windAffected, crusty
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSound
Conditions were pretty bad. Wind effected everywhere resulting in hard, icy conditions. Some Whumpfing was observed in small pockets of wind slab but because of the strong winds these were hard to find even if you were looking at them. We stayed on mellow terrain to keep speed down in the icy conditions. There was evidence of past avalanches but these would have likely occurred prior to the wind event that effectively scoured the pass. See accompanying photos.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -8
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedModerate
- Blowing Snow
- light
- Sky Condition
- clear
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- none
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Elevation
- 1200
- Test Initiation
- none
- Foot Penetration
- 0
- Site Elevation Band
- alp, tln
- Surface Conditions
- crust, variable
- Whumpfing Observed
- 1
Snow conditions ranging from icy to very hard. Made for some weird, hard striations in the "snow". We did not do a test of the snow pack because it was uniformly hard facets with large and well developed Depth hoar facets.