- Submitted by
- Danyal Taylor
- Observations date
- Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 21:00
- Location
- 49.346835° N 115.062252° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-115.06225186701265,49.34683530066508,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Tunnel Creek")
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Powder
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cold
- Sunny
Comments
Went out for a quick peek up tunnel.
Snow coverage from base of car park.
Didn’t ski anything because of the recent advisory and slides in MINs of the area.
Dug a pit SSE facing. Winds really picked up around 2-3pm. Blowing NE and snow off the tops of the peaks.
HS 160
15cm powder on a crust (melt freeze/rain?) from dec 21st storm. Crust was thin, about 10-15mm with soft snow beneath. Made skiing tough. Early Dec crust at 95cm.
21 Dec crust was interesting, we mucked around and on our first column test the 15cm of powder slid with the crust on the soft snow beneath.
Did another column test and didn’t notice the same failure of the 21 Dec crust. Snowpack was stable throughout the test. Tried to make early Dec crust failed but didn’t move during test. Slammed both hands on the shovel (call it tap 45) and it failed. Noticeable facets still there around the early dec crust.
Tried to see how the 21 Dec crust was reacting. Cut a big square into the crust to isolate it. When we put weight onto the area, the crust and powder above would slide very easily - interesting observation. Will be something we keep an eye on when it dumps again.
