Hapush area

Skied conservative open north facing treeline terrain. 8-10cm new snow overnight, with light snow continuing on and off through the day. Winds very light.

Overnight snows were delivered with strong ENE winds. Wind slabs noted on W aspects at ridge crest. Wind loaded micro-terrain test features fractured easily and propagated beyond ski tips, sliding easily on most recent crust that likely had a touch of SHx on it.

Profile (resistances/HH at bottom of report)

N aspect, 1240m, 31 degree slope, wide open trees. Light precip, overcast, no wind.

HS 175

CTM 17 SP down 50

ECTP 20 down 50

Notes/thoughts: PWL shallower than same area one week prior, likely due to snowpack settlement/slight change in profile location. Easier results than 1 week ago. PWL is bridged by a large crust, though smaller crusts in the upper snowpack have weakened in the last week in non-solar terrain. This leaves shaded N facing areas skiing quite deep, but arguably increases this PWL's triggerability in these areas.

0-10 F

Crust (solar - almost completely absent in shaded areas)

10-20 4f

Crust (much weaker than 1 week ago)

20-30 4f

30-50 1f

50-51 beefy crust

51-55 facets

Crust

56-60 facets

Dense