Gorge

Rode Gorge 15km area Sun Mar 23. Stormy conditions, heavy snowfall throughout the day. Over 2cm falling per hour There was about 5-10cm of fresh storm snow that had fallen in the past few hours. On SE slopes, this storm snow covered a crust. On NE and NW slopes, there was no crust beneath the storm snow. NE and NW slopes provided great riding. We were able to trigger 5-10cm storm slabs by ski cutting convexities on all aspects. We dug a pit on a NE aspect, 2060m HS: 320cm Snow hardness: -1 fist for 0-30cm -4 fingers 30cm-50cm -1 finger 50cm-90cm -crust at 90cm -another crust at 120cm Generally the upper 90cm of the snowpack appeared right-side up. Compression test: CTE: - failure with 5 taps, non-planar break, new storm snow about 10cm deep CTM: - failure with 2 taps, resistant planar, 25cm. - failure with 7 taps, resistant planar, 50cm CTH: - failure with 6 taps,, resistant planar, 90cm, on crust