Way Rights > Third Pitch

Date

12/24/2019

Location

Day #

31

Avalanche Danger

2,2,2

Small to large persistent slabs possible on NE-N-E across all elevations. Last reported slide occurred a week ago on Rabbit Ears Pass.

Ski Partners

Holley G

Weather

Sunny with a high near 30F at the summit. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

HSN24

0"

HSN48

0"

Precip

None

Sky

Few clouds

Winds

Light S

Temps

30F @ 3pm (23F/34F)

Ski Pen

5"

Foot Pen

12"

Snowpack Observations

Widespread layer of surface hoar all through Way Rights, Third Pitch and the bogs, ranging in size from 5mm to 3cm+

Hasty Pit near the bottom of Way Rights @ 10,200′, NNE, HS135cm revealed a cohesive 100cm slab with Fist+ to Pencil gradual increase in hardness with depth, all sitting on a thin 1F hard facet layer above the October basal layer. CTN. Didn’t have time to test the problem layers.

Riding Quality

Not bad, but not that great either. Found a deep supportable snowpack on N aspects above 10K with up to 5″ of soft settled snow. Lots of snowmobile and snowbike tracks in Way Rights. Not a whole lot of skier traffic up there yet.