No Presents, Just Powder

Soumis par
northrockiesfieldteam
Date d'observation
mercredi 24 décembre 2025 à 22 h 00
Localisation
55.333400° N 122.717840° W
Rapport concernant
  • Conditions de neige
Carte pour le rapport du Réseau d'information en montagne: No Presents, Just Powder

Conditions de neige

La qualité du hors-piste était:
Incroyable
Les conditions de neige étaient :
  • Poudreuse abondante
  • Affectée par le vent
Nous avons parcouru:
  • Pentes de faible inclinaison
  • Forêt dégagée
Nous sommes restés à l'écart de:
  • Pentes alpines
  • Pentes convexes
  • Pentes raides

Information

La journée était:
  • Froide
  • Venteuse
Conditions d'avalanche
  • 30 cm + de neige fraîche ou transport important de neige par le vent ou pluie au cours des dernières 48 heures
  • Whoumfs ou bruits sourds ou fissures qui se propagent.

Commentaires

It was another cold day in the Pine Pass at -18 with howling winds out of the East. Luckily, breaking trail through 40 cm of soft snow and frequent, deep wind drifts kept us warm on the way up!

At Treeline, the winds had been busy reverse loading the slopes and building big drifts on the trail. In open areas, the blowing snow was intense enough to obscure visibility, and drift on the sleds minutes after they were parked. South to west facing slopes had soft but touchy wind slabs about 50 cm deep.

We saw shooting cracks in wind loaded terrain and a small avalanche on a crossloaded feature on the power lines. Since the winds were coming from the east to northeast, the usual drifts were being eroded, but wind slabs were forming in all kinds of unusual places.

Away from the wind was a very different story. 50 cm or more of blower over the Mid-December crust made for the kind of riding only Santa could deliver! The riding was amazing, what a great early present!

Happy Holidays Everybody!

Even the packed trail was deep! We managed to break trail to the peak above the cabin, but it will be drifting back in quickly withy the current conditions.
Even the packed trail was deep! We managed to break trail to the peak above the cabin, but it will be drifting back in quickly withy the current conditions.
South to west facing slopes had soft but touchy wind slabs about 50 cm deep. We saw shooting cracks in wind loaded terrain and a small avalanche on a crossloaded feature on the power lines.
South to west facing slopes had soft but touchy wind slabs about 50 cm deep. We saw shooting cracks in wind loaded terrain and a small avalanche on a crossloaded feature on the power lines.
50 cm or more of blower over the Mid-December crust made for the kind of riding only Santa could deliver!
50 cm or more of blower over the Mid-December crust made for the kind of riding only Santa could deliver!