Quick report
- Collapsing
- isolated
The skiing is phenomenal! ~40cm of fresh snow has made riding conditions an absolute delight. With all this new snow in the Lionhead, I wasn’t able to feel the January drought ice crust or facets while skiing… nothing but light powder! Wind was calm and sky was scattered. I was curious how this new snow behaved with the existing snowpack and dug down to perform a few tests. At 8850ft on an East facing slope, (100 feet below the ridge in an open meadow, slope angle of 25 degree), I recorded a CT18 (SP) on the interface of ice crust to facets 40cm down. Then an ECTN19 on the same layer. The storm snow gets more light towards the surface, and there were no signs of a wind slab in this specific area. As I left my pit and approached the ridge line, a stomach turning whumph collapsed within a 10ft radius around me. The PWL is alive and active enough to keep me from petting it. Sticking to the good ol’ 25 degrees!