Lipalian tour
Observed Feb 22, 2024, 11:00 a.m. PST · Central Rockies
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Quick report
- Comment
- Calamity slide path : hard wind pressed top half, 15cm F dry undisturbed snow over supportive crust to ski bottom half. At 2300m on solar aspect top few cm moist by noon. Baker bowl : sastrugi and wind pressed at ridge top quickly softening up. 4F 2-4cm wind crust over 10-15cm soft dry snow in the bowl at 14:00. Strong west wind at ridge top. Intense blowing snow. Ski tracks fully covered within 30min in upper portion of the bowl. Purple bowl : up to 15m wind slab on NE slope over Fc. NW facing slope had up to 10cm of soft snow over supportive crust. No new avalanches observed.
- Weather
- Sunny, Windy
- Ride type
- Alpine slopes, Mellow slopes, Sunny slopes
- Stayed away
- Convex slopes, Steep slopes
- Riding quality
- Good
- Snow conditions
- Crusty, Hard, Powder, Wind affected