Skiing on
piste at the local ski hill in Revelstoke this morning was excellent. We toured up to 5000 ft in the
afternoon, from the top of the ski lift (3500 ft). The air temperature was -2.5 deg C at 3 pm. Stability tests on a west aspect showed
moderate compression test and shovel shear scores down 40 cm on decomposing
stellars, resistant planar. On the
Jan 15th layer down 67 cm, we had one resistant planar and one
sudden planar shear on size 2 facets, both in the hard range. We had a rutschblock score of 5, half
block, resistant planar down 40 cm and no result on the Jan 15th layer.
No ski cut
results, no cracking or slab in the top 70 cm. We were happy to have phat skis and big snowboards.
It was
snowing an average of 1 cm/hr for most of the day, increasing to 3 cm/hr at 4
pm.
Jordy Shepherd
Mountain
Guide
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