Beehive

Beehive

Date
Activity
Skiing

Skied the east side of Beehive Basin today. Light snow and intermittent, moderate winds throughout the day once you gained some elevation. About 30 cm of very low density snow on top of weak sugary snow at the base.

On SW facing slopes found a sun crust about 10cm from the ground, about 4F hardness.

Snow is about 60 cm deep and generally F hardness all the way to the ground. It's still easy to find the bottom but coverage is improving.

I did not observe any significant wind loading, yet. I suspect that will change in the coming days as there was plenty of wind to transport plenty of new snow load. I'd be concerned about any wind slab forming on top of the base we have out there.

Region
Northern Madison
Location (from list)
Beehive Basin
Observer Name
Chris Pierce