Quick report
I went to some low-hanging fruit for an afternoon tour. Surface conditions were better than expected, and I found minimal wind effect below 9400 feet. Looking around at the higher mountains, evidence of the strong to extreme NE winds last night was all around. I found enjoyable, settled powder skiing all the way back to the road.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 27
- Cloud Cover
- clear
- Wind Loading
- none
- Recent Snowfall
- None
- Snow Avail For Transport
- moderate amounts
Below freezing, clear and calm.
Snowpack
I stopped to run tests on the 1/1 crust @:
- 8400 ft, E aspect. HS 140 cm. ECTN10 @120 cm. ECTX.
- 9300 ft, NE aspect. HS 150 cm. ECTN8 @132cm. ECTX.
The 1/1 rain crust is present at all aspects and elevations that I investigated. I did not find any instabilities on it at this time. I noticed near-surface faceting on all of the protected snow.