Here are the latest snow reports for the Haines Area. If you have just returned from the skiing, snowmobiling, snowboarding, sledding, snowshoeing, etc. please tell everyone what you observed. Add obervations at the bottom of this page
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Dry powder with about an inch of weak wind crust. Lots and lots of beautiful snow!
--Haines Summit
posted by:James, 2010-03-22
Fresh XC ski track groomed and set @ 25mi. Nice corn snow; recommend Morn/cldy days! it ain't over till...
--25 mile
posted by:Hns Ski Club, 2010-03-19
Gorgeous conditions, no wind crust, 6 inches to a foot of softer snow on top of a solid base.
--Three Guardsmen
posted by:James, 2010-02-21
3 guardsmen is in near perfect conditions with 24cm of pow, no wind effect except slight loading at the nw top of the shoulder. RB:6 test in 2 locations . Pretty stable, just the usual sluff on steeper angles to consider. Don't be fooled by the weather in the valley the sun is out at least till Fri night.
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posted by:JZ, 2010-02-05
Look out for wind-loaded pockets to rip out on anything South-ish facing. This is true for the five-mile creek area and snowmachine land in pass. Still good snow in the trees, a little wind-buffed up high...
--Haines Pass
posted by:Dr. Powder, 2010-01-26
Mixed conditions at 5-mile creek on Saturday 23rd. Some thin slab from north wind but mostly soft boot top snow in the lee. Weaker rain layer 60 cm from surface but rounded and bonding (failed at ct 20). Overall good conditions with a fair bit of skier pack. Enjoy and watch for steeper wind loaded areas.
--Five Mile Creek
posted by:Andy , 2010-01-25
Fresh Groomed Tracks set on Valley of Eagles Golf Course @2pm today (Wed).
--golf course
posted by:Ray, 2010-01-13
lot's of snow
--everywhere
posted by:SnowMan, 2010-01-12
Rain at border station, turning to wet snow at 5 mile creek. Snow is good, visability poor. top layer of snow approx. 10 inches not fused to base and prone to slide. Beacons are a must. pillows of goodness up high.
--5 mile creek
posted by:Luck, 2010-01-09
Five Mile Creek has a small layer of crust. Lots of tracks. Pit yielded two layers which fractured on a shovel test. A rain layer at 30 cm from the ground and another layer at 90 cm from the ground. It took 4 slaps of the shovel to get the 90 cm layer to fracture. It took another 3-5 slaps to get the 30 cm layer to fracture. Total snow pack of that pit was 120 cm. (Observations from pit courtesy of Andy.)
--Five Mile Creek
posted by:Aaron, 2010-01-04
Trail at 25-Mile was re-groomed on 29-Dec-09.
--25-Mile
posted by:Laura, 2009-12-31
Groomed Tracks set on Eagle Valley golf course Tues Dec 29; expect granular/corn snow, big ice patches. Good ice skating at East end.
--golf course
posted by:Ray, 2009-12-29
Five mile creek dos not looked filled in yet . Three gardsman looks to be good sking . The summit snow is great for carving but no real powder . The snow pack is still thin with creeks showing in spots . Have fun and look for the big green kite . Darren
--Pass
posted by:Darren, 2009-12-15
Just wondering if anybody has ridden the 5 mile creek area or if there is enough snow yet. Be there soon, also anybody that want to carpool to the pass. Im going to try and get after it hard over the holidays.
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posted by:christian , 2009-12-13
Three Guardsmen on Sunday had a 1.7 meter base of great powder. The layers were all one type of snow-powder, but did fail on an AK block test as the skier approached the block. The layer that slid was 30-40 cm from the surface. No apparent rain damage as of yet, nor has there been a heavy wind presence on the layers. Nice pow all the way down to ground level. With compaction the last 30 cm.
--3 Guardsmen
posted by:Aaron, 2009-12-02
Couldn't resist being the first to write. Snow is perfect for fort construction. Time to inventory the skis and snowshoes and fit the kids!
--Elementary Playground
posted by:Patty, 2009-11-20
