Surprise POW day!

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Conditions de neige

La qualité du hors-piste était:
Incroyable
Les conditions de neige étaient :
  • Poudreuse
Nous avons parcouru:
  • Pentes alpines
  • Pentes raides

Information

La journée était:
  • Froide

Commentaires

Elkford delivered today with 20 - 25 cm low-density snow blanketing the terrain from truck to ridge top. We were expecting wind slabs but only observed small dry loose avalanche activity in steep terrain.

There was a very thin temperature crust up to the Alpine under the most recent snow from last week's warming that was not affecting the skiing or sledding, even on steep south-facing slopes.

The snowpack at 2300 m NE facing slope had 220 cm total snow depth. The mid-pack is well settled. The early December crust is down 125 cm with a facet layer above. This layer is also gaining some strength but we continue to be wary of steep, rocky terrain. We had no test results.