Dudley ridge

Dudley ridge

Date
Activity
Skiing

Not much to report. Snowpack as expected from your videos. Approx 2.5’ with top half fine grained barely cohesive sugar, bottom half well formed TG. ECT 3 with no propagation — just collapse at top/bottom half boundary. Not a single whumph, settle, nor crack all day. Skied three different slopes. Very tedious trail breaking on the up and deep-surfing on the down. Just a pile of sugar that’s going to get real spooky with any new snow on top of it. Upper trail over/around all the deadfall on the way out was sport death. No injuries that can’t be fixed with Ptex. Good day.

ps, parking lot was unplowed. Any idea whether that’s done directly by USFS or contracted out? It is going to get real tight later in the season if the pandemic-driven crowds materialize as has been predicted.

Region
Northern Madison
Location (from list)
Dudley Creek
Observer Name
dave briar