Snowpack

7-mile chilkat pass

Erik StevensChilkat Pass
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Quick report

Hero snow, right-side up. Dumping hard. Great day out.

No danger signs observed. Ski cut some 38-degree slopes, no results. Minor sluffing in steep areas.

Weather

Air Temp
27
Cloud Cover
obscured
Wind Loading
none
Recent Snowfall
28
Snow Avail For Transport
large amounts

Calm winds at 2200ft in sparsely treed area. 27F and snowing 1-2" per hour.

Snowpack

Very right-side up snowpack. Stability was good but may be decreasing as more snow piles up overnight. Top 30cm fist- blower, then 50cm settled old snow 4F. Then 1F base below that down to about 120cm. Did not dig or assess deeper than that. Total snowpack at least 2 meters.