Hot Pow

Map for Mountain Information Network report: Hot Pow

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
OK
Snow conditions were:
  • Heavy
  • Powder
We rode:
  • Convex slopes
  • Mellow slopes
  • Open trees
  • Sunny slopes

Information

The day was:
  • Cloudy
  • Sunny
  • Warm

Comments

Some call it cream cheeze, we called it Hot Pow.

You know, when the sun comes out with a little bit of greenhouse effect and it turns your 40cm + powder stash into something rather less fluffy.

Anyways, Little Bear wx station at a similar elevation was reporting +1.7 C @ 1300hrs.

But enough about the weather... howabout that snowpack and the bond of the new snow to old sun crusts from last week? Very easy to easy ECT results with full propagation (see pic with rutschblock cord still in place - failed when cut)... buuuut, the storm snow was not reactive to skier traffic, including ski cutting the usual short slope convexities that can be small performers on Nak shoulder.