Core lodge AST day

Map for Mountain Information Network report: Core lodge AST day

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
Terrible
Snow conditions were:
  • Crusty
  • Hard
  • Wind affected
We rode:
  • Mellow slopes
We stayed away from:
  • Alpine slopes
  • Convex slopes
  • Steep slopes

Information

The day was:
  • Sunny
  • Warm
  • Windy

Comments

A sunny and windy day doing an AST 1 with the South Peace Search and Rescue crew.

Travel was limited today, stayed around 1350m and played around the core lodge parking lot (which is very icy!). We conducted a couple tests on a protected North-Northeast aspect, Dec crust is sitting down 70cm, test results including CTM11 down 10 (below the current MFCR / • 1m) and down 70cm, both Sudden Collapse. ECTP17 down 70cm.

Depth hoar exists along the bottom 20cm 1-3m.