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Good skiing near town, fragile snowpack

Steve 'Reidles' Reid, Saturday 8th February, 2025 10:38PM
<p>Good ski quality. Difficult skinning, with ski penetration of up to 60cm in places. Easily able to ski cut sz1 windslab/stormslab on lee features at treeline, small slides propagating but barely running on features tested. Snowpit attached. Did two compression tests which saw easy failures at the base of the snowpack. Widespread whumpfing. </p>

Terrain Ridden

Mellow slopes, Dense trees, Steep slopes, Open trees.

Avalanche Conditions

30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.

Slab avalanches today or yesterday.

Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.

Snow Conditions

Powder.

Weather Conditions

Stormy.

Location: 60.62067000 -135.06839000