January 13, 2009, Artist Point
1/13/09
WA Cascades West Slopes North (Mt Baker)
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Nice to see the sun today; the snowpack seems stable; snow quality is 0. Really tough breakable crust. Maybe if it warms up it will be a bit better.
Not sure about that stability. I dug a pit 100 yards inbounds from the Table gate and 50 feet above the cat track. Estimated info: North aspect, 35-40* slope, ~4600', 10:30ish just before the sun came out, cold temps (<32*).
Not much action on the column test. The ice crust above several feet of light snow. With the Rutschblock Test, I got the crust to break down 1-2" unclean and then there was a clean shear slab of 4-5" below that just by stepping on with one ski. Several jumps on the remaining block yielded no result.
Patrol said they got a 4' concussion fracture above the Beast just by throwing bombs off the boundary along chair 8. Sun made a brief appearance, but temps remained cold and turns were kept to groomers and East coast moguls on North Face. Thought I would be skiing corn... maybe W/Th.
Not much action on the column test. The ice crust above several feet of light snow. With the Rutschblock Test, I got the crust to break down 1-2" unclean and then there was a clean shear slab of 4-5" below that just by stepping on with one ski. Several jumps on the remaining block yielded no result.
Patrol said they got a 4' concussion fracture above the Beast just by throwing bombs off the boundary along chair 8. Sun made a brief appearance, but temps remained cold and turns were kept to groomers and East coast moguls on North Face. Thought I would be skiing corn... maybe W/Th.
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