January 6 - Crystal BC (East Peak)
1/15/08
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
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Very nice day out with legdragger. Wx alternated between blue bird skies with a bit of wind near the ridges to snow showers.
Made multiple trips up and down the SW face of east peak.
Shovel testing on a 30 degree pitch showed the following layers:
6-8 inches of fresh snow on top of slightly consolidated 12-20 inch layer, with maybe a touch of buried surface hoar on the bottom of this layer. Below that was decent consolidation all the way down to the Christmas crust (about 4-5 feet below). Overall stability seemed good on this aspect. The top two layers failed with 1st heavy fist on the shovel test. The xmas crust held strong, though.
Made multiple trips up and down the SW face of east peak.
Shovel testing on a 30 degree pitch showed the following layers:
6-8 inches of fresh snow on top of slightly consolidated 12-20 inch layer, with maybe a touch of buried surface hoar on the bottom of this layer. Below that was decent consolidation all the way down to the Christmas crust (about 4-5 feet below). Overall stability seemed good on this aspect. The top two layers failed with 1st heavy fist on the shovel test. The xmas crust held strong, though.
:) George and I saw you on Sunday. We were the guys that asked about your snow pit. Wow the skiing was awesome, after doing some runs on the back side of East Peak we were amazed. I called our first run "Silent Splendor" With all the deep power it took some work to get back up! On this day the powder woody was definitely satisfied.
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