South West kootenay Park region

Observed from road in better light. Highlighted start zone in red. Wind and storm snow overloading Dec 8th surface hoar layer during last nights storm.

Date 12/20/2020, time 13:00, elev 1647m, aspect NE, incline 30, air temp -2.7, HS 90cm, sky scattered, precip Nil blowing snow--strong to extreme in the alpine(at the time of observation there was light west wind, half hour before there was strong to extreme winds loading treeline and below tree line open terrain) Hieght. res. Form. Size. Density. 90cm-65cm, F, pp, /, D 65-42 1f, df rounding, /, D 42-40 /, SH, 12-15mm, D(dec 7th) 40-25 4f, facets rounding, /, D 25-20cm K, rain temp crust(Nov 5th) 20cm-Gr. 4f, facets rounding, /, D 20cm snow temp - 2 Cte 3 down 50cm on Dec 7th SH, RP Ectp3 down 50cm on Dec 7th SH, SP Received whoomfing and shooting cracks from the bottem of the slope at 1300m To almost the entire way up to our high point at 1675. Was - 2 at the car at 10am. Skied down our skin track mostly as the snow was to deep on the terrain to get any momentum. Great snow. Area needs more coverage to be worth it. This area is more on point with yoho forecast bieng on the west side of the divide. The ratings felt more like 4-4-3 based on what we saw and where we traveled.