Better than sitting home whining

Location Name: 
Apgar Range
Observation date: 
Friday, March 6, 2020 - 21:15
Is this an Avalanche Observation: 
No
Observation made by: Public

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We enjoyed a walk in the nation's tenth national park, set aside by President Taft in 1910. William Howard is the only person to hold the office of president and chief justice of the Supreme Court. He was also the nation's most obese president, but I will save that story for a post-Lent observation.

  • Below 4000' the snow surface was supportive this morning and slightly less this afternoon.
  • Between 4000' - 5500' the top 8-10" of snow was moist on northerly slopes where we easily produced numerous rollerballs on the way up and down. On easterly aspects, the mush was slightly thinner, but we still generated numerous rollerballs on the descent. Most natural wet loose activity seemed to have occurred during last weekends warmup.
  • Windward aspects above 5000' provided fun corn skiing.
  • Numerous hours of above freezing temperatures warmed and weakened cornices. These broke easily under the weight of a skier. No natural cornice fall of note was observed.
Snowpack, Avalanche, Weather Images: 
Travel Details
Region: 
Glacier National Park - Apgar Range
Activity: 
Skiing
Snowpack Details
Snowpack and Weather Details: 
Hide Terrain
Elevation of observation: 
3500-5000 ft
5000-6500 ft
Aspect(s) of observation: 
N
NE
E
Persistent Weak Layers: 
Not observed
New Snow in the past 24 hours: 
0.00in.
More comments about the snowpack and weather: 
The valley floor snow surface was set up as of 10:30 and still skied fine at 4:30. Most steep terrain above 4000' produced rollerballs. Some areas on east aspects skied okay, while anything on a northerly slope was not so enjoyable.
Wind Speed: 
Moderate (Small trees sway)
Wind Direction: 
West
Air temperature: 
Above Freezing
Snow line: 
5000'
Sky Cover: 
Mostly Cloudy (BRK)