High altitude slopes that are shaded from the sun and sheltered from the wind preserve powder stashes longer after fresh snowfall. Wind, rain and periods of above-freezing temperature are the primary cause of the evolution from fresh powder to windslab, ice or slush. Many skiers enjoy moguls and fast icy pistes but for off-piste skiers and free-ride snowboarders, fresh snow starts to deteriorate from the moment it settles.
We advise that you check the Spout Springs snow forecast to see if conditions are likely to change before your visit. Conversely, if the weather stays stable and cold, the same snow report can be valid for more than a week. For example, the Spout Springs snow report on Friday afternoon may indicate fresh powder but if Friday night is mild and rainy then ski conditions will be very poor on Saturday morning. Whenever weather conditions change, Spout Springs snow conditions will change too, so it is important to check the time and date of the Spout Springs snow report and to guess what effect the weather will have had on snow quality between then and now. Alternatively, strong winds sometimes redistribute powder snow enough to cover old tracks, or it may simply be that the ski area was not fully open for some period after the snow fell, so fresh snow that fell a while ago has remained un-tracked until this report. At crowded ski resorts, off-piste new snow will be tracked out within hours of a fresh fall but wherever crowds are light in relation to the accessible terrain, it will be possible to stay fresh much later, perhaps several days later. If you see a report of powder or fresh snow conditions several days after snow last fell, there is usually a good reason. You will be able to predict whether to expect off-piste powder, slush, spring snow, ice or wind crust. It shows how much snow we think fell then, and the way freezing level, wind and weather have varied through time. The hindcast shows when our weather model last predicted snowfall at Spout Springs. This detailed weather log makes it easy to predict snow conditions at Spout Springs, even when the snow report is too old to be useful. Members can check the hindcast for a timeline of Spout Springs weather conditions. If these details are missing from the Spout Springs snow report, you can predict off-piste conditions using the snow depth, the date of the most recent snowfall at Spout Springs, the Spout Springs weather report and the forecast. Piste and off-piste are often different so we ask snow reporters to describe Spout Springs piste and off-piste conditions separately.
You can submit an updated snow report here. The snow report describes the piste and off-piste ski conditions at Spout Springs.
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