Hellroaring
cordillera.tech,
Saturday 8th February, 2025 10:38PM
<p>Great skiing in Hellroaring today. Is snowed lightly for the morning then started clearing off in the afternoon as the arctic air moved back in after a few snowy days.
Did not dig, but made a few relevant observations:
- 190-210 cm snowpack depth at 2050 m (open glade in south facing treeline terrain)
- top 50-60 is recent and very low density storm snow.
- 100-110 cm on top of late November crust.
- No slab avalanches observed besides last night's storm snow (about 15-20 cm) sliding on some unsupported cut slopes, max 10 m wide.
- Some loose dry snow sluffing out of very steep terrain, max size 1.5
- No significant wind affect even at ridge crest
- No obvious instabilities observed (no whumphing, minimal cracking)
- Excellent skiing in cold and deep powder </p>
Location: 49.51588000 -116.28146000