10AM-4PM
temp: -6 to 6 above
winds: calm
sky: scattered to broken
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Magnum NW Shoulder
Magnum NW shoulder ascent, PMS bowl descent x3.
Observed many skiers on Cornbiscuit, SuperBowl, and other steep terrain nearby.
Weather
Snow surface
Generally, soft surface snow
Rain crust present to about 2600' on uptrack.
2cm thick wind crust on top of soft snow @ 2800' on Magnum NW shoulder uptrack
Large cornices over many parts of Magnum S face.
Descent on PMS bowl: SSW aspect, very high quality and deep snow. Found rain crust around 3000' at bottom of run.
Snowpack
Pit location: Magnum NW shoulder
Aspect: SSW. Elevation: 3,400'. Slope angle: 30*. 11:30 AM. Wind: Calm. Sky: Scattered HS: 250
Found remnants of visible BSH 65cm down
CT 22 Q2 @ 40cm, Q2 @ 65cm on visible BSH remnants
ECTN 22 @ 40cm
ECTN 27 @ 65cm on visible BSH remnants
Cornices on Magnum summit ridge
Corn biscuit glide crack still lurking!