DUMPING! Obscured Viz, S3, Calm, temp 28
When we returned to car after 2.5 hours, the car was totally buried and we got augered in and had to dig out over and over again to get back on highway in the worst winter storm driving I've seen in years. This was not in the weather forecast today!
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Sunburst Meadows
Just up to 2500 feet above alders on Sunburst for a wee meadow skip with the family.
Weather
Snow surface
Super Powder.... and it just kept coming!
Snowpack
HS: 140 at SW aspect, 2500 ft. Top 80 cms was Fist hard snow, then progressively denser all the way to 25 cms of melt freeze crust at base. Right side up snowpack. BSH was visible 80 cms down but not reactive. ECTX.
Buried Car in just 2.5 hours
Pulling out melt freeze crust on ground
The few people who went to the pass today had a lot of digging to do to get home...