West Nile Ski Conditions

Mountain Conditions Report

<p>Spent a day with a group of avalanche safety course students at West Nile. Mostly overcast, calm day with temperatures in the -8 to -3 range.</p> <p>We found easy travel, below tree line as long as we were on one of the older up tracks. When breaking trail we were wallowing in knee deep facets.</p> <p>Dug a pit at 2050m on East aspect, 20 degree slope. HS95. Test results: CTM12 BKN down 30cm on facets. </p> <p>We found buried wind slab below 15-20 cm's of facets at tree line and above.</p> <p>Pulled climbing skins just above tree line and skied open mellow terrain in 10-20 cm's of facet powder. </p> <p>Below tree line was sporty with lots of Christmas trees and quickly deteriorating snow pack which only carried our weight when moving.</p> <p>We did not observe any signs of insatiability or avalanches.</p> <p>It was snowing lightly when we were leaving the parking lot at 4 pm.</p> <p>Cheers,<br /> Mike</p>