STSG Temps
ngottlieb,
Saturday 8th February, 2025 10:38PM
<p>Big inversion in Squamish today. Hoped we could get into some steep stuff before temps permeated the snow, but ended up bailing off Gunsight and doing a scenic tour.
11:40am 1350m, air temp +3.5, Tsurface -4C, T10 -6C.
1pm 1670m, air temp +6.5c, Tsurface -1, T10 -1, T20 -5
2:20pm 1750m air temp +9C!!!
On non-solar slopes I don't think the warmth penetrated too much more than 10cms. If we get some cold clear nights, we might even get some settled powder skiing back.
Not a lot of activity even on solar slopes -- sluffing off steep terrain and cliffs but nothing entraining more than the top 10cms.
There's plenty of new snow on top of the wind crust from last weekend. Upwards of 50cm in the alpine (from Tues/Wed storm).</p>
Terrain Ridden
Alpine slopes, Mellow slopes, Steep slopes, Open trees.
Avalanche Conditions
Rapid temperature rise to near zero degrees or wet surface snow.
Snow Conditions
Wet.
Weather Conditions
Warm, Sunny.
Location: 49.63608000 -123.09083000