Observation Trees

Published

Feb 1st, 2023 12:00 PM

ethan_woodside

East Side 93N

Details

Type

quick

Coordinates

51.716806, -116.486953

Quick Observation

Skied 30 deg terrain on supported slopes with minimal wind effect but punchy snow. Avoided any high consequence or convex terrain

Weather

Drifting visible in tracks from past 48hrs but no drifting or moving snow during our day. Mostly soft slabs except in immediately wind scoured terrain

Snowpack

CT13 SP, down 20 on facets under wind affected snow CT22 SP, down 47 on Dec 24 facet interface. Immediately after SP result, had a SC down 70 on the crust and depth hoar (4-6mm) layer from Nov 17