Mount Brennan Area

Mountain Conditions Report

<p>Went out to poke around the backyard and start building a baseline of the snowpack. With the peak of Brennan obscured, and uninspiring rocky shallow conditions above Lyell lakes, we switched gears to ski from Brennan SE3 on “Mama Mia” and a couloir above. </p> <p>Access<br /> We were able to drive to 1300m without chains. Followed the road and summer trail through alder, which was reasonable on the up, and mediocre on the way down. </p> <p>Snowpack<br /> HS tapered from 60cm @ 1600m to 105cm @2300m.<br /> Generally well bonded snowpack with no notable test results on two different test profiles at 1800m S aspect and 2300m NW aspect. Minor cracking in top 10-15cm of wind slab while on the up track, but no reactivity to skis or evidence of natural activity in the basin or over towards the Retallack tenure. </p> <p>At 2300m 50cm of recent storm snow sat on top of the early November rain crust. The crust was 5mm knife, with faceting above and below. 10-20cm of crust/facet combo above the ground. Multiple CT tests, all breaks in the moderate range, in facets above the November rain crust. </p> <p>Other notable is last nights storm brought a significant amount of graupel to size 2. While on the NW aspect of Brennan SE3 at 2500m, it was 20-30cm deep, which was a new experience. </p> <p>Ski quality was incredible.</p>