MCR Observation

Mountain Conditions Report

<p>Busy day up at Steep Creek today with -4, light sporadic snow and light variable winds.<br /> 20cm of coastal powder sits on the crust from the latest storm above 1900m. Good skiing down to 1800m where the crust now mostly supports the weight of a skier down to 1200m. We had limited alpine observations, but there appeared to be little wind effect.<br /> We dug a test pit on a north aspect at 1990m with a snowpack depth of 300cm. No test results from within the storm snow. We found the February 3 surface hoar down 97cm and the January 16 surface hoar down 150cm which both produced hard sudden planar test results.<br /> Evidence of a storm cycle to size 2.5, otherwise no new avalanches observed.<br /> Cornices have grown significantly and could be the large trigger to initiate the surface hoar layers. </p> <p>Play safe out there<br /> Cheers</p>