Deception Peak
maria.masiar,
Tuesday 22nd February, 2022 10:45AM
<p>Saturday night brought alpine winds which began to scour alpine slopes. Wind slabs were forming ranging from 1cm to 5cm. By Sunday the Arctic outflow was extreme, all upper alpine will have significant wind slabs. Saturday’s 10cm of snowfall was poorly bonded to the new crust. The mid February sun crusts were bridging the January persistent weak but it was still reactive on compression test. </p>
Weather Report
<p>Conditions changed significantly by Monday from calm no wind to an extreme Arctic outflow with winds gusting to 90kn/hr. </p>Terrain Ridden
Alpine slopes.
Snow Conditions
Crusty, Hard, Wind affected.
Weather Conditions
Sunny.
Location: 49.91496523 -122.97833068