Yeah,   I was up there today.  Nice skiing,   lots of whumfing,  shooting cracks, and small pockets of snow moving around.   Skiing was on about 10cm new snow,   firm but no crusts.  Lots of wind up high.  Have fun!

Hey Gang – my wife and I were exploring up in the Ripple Ridge area today and I thought I'd share some obs if you're interested:

Test Profile 1/5/12, 12:30pm

 Location:  Kootenay Pass, "Ripple Ridge", south side of highway

 Terrain Profile:  BTL, 1900m elevation near ridge top, NE aspect, open treed feature, 23 degree planar slope.  

WX:  

 - Minus 5C, moderate westerly wind, overcast, light snow

 - SM convective flurry mid afternoon deposited 5-10 cm HST BTL, mod winds with strong gusts

Snow Observations: 

- HS 155cm 

- Ski pen 10cm, boot pen 55cm

- 1cm pencil hardness melt/freeze (zipper) crust at surface (yay)

- CTM(18) x 2, down 22 cm SP on buried storm interface(?)

- CTM(14) x 2, down 59 cm SC on preserved surface hoar to size 10mm (12/14 layer?)

Ski Quality:  Noisy to moderately horrible thanks to the surface zipper crust – pray for snow without wind!

hipsterandjane said:Has anyone been out in Kootenay Pass since Wednesday?  How are the conditions? Did it escape the rain?  Any info would be great.

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yes! i drove over the pass last night and it was snowing! i wanted to go skiing but i couldnt :P there was 2 inchs alone on the road!