Farm Trail

Map for Mountain Information Network report: Farm Trail

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
OK
Snow conditions were:
  • Heavy
  • Wet
We rode:
  • Dense trees
  • Mellow slopes
We stayed away from:
  • Convex slopes
  • Open trees
  • Steep slopes

Information

The day was:
  • Warm
  • Wet
  • Windy
Avalanche conditions
  • Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
  • 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
  • Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.

Comments

Warm and wet day at the Farm. Around 0-2 degrees all day, mix of rain and wet snow. Saw several small (size 0.5) natural slides on steep slopes throughout the trees. Hand shear test pulled off a slab of the new storm snow with almost no effort. Dug a pit and compression test failed on the first tap from the wrist (non-planar break). The storm snow slid on a crust layer about 30cm down, but no obvious faceting/surface hoar around this crust layer. We kept to mellow slopes in the trees.