- Submitted by
- timhaggarty
- Observations date
- Saturday, April 1, 2017 at 18:30
- Location
- 51.089560° N 115.754920° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Is this a point observation or a summary of your day?
- Point observation
- Elevation above sea level
- 2,080m
- Elevation band
- Treeline
- Snowpack depth
- 192cm
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- No
- Snowpack test result
- Moderate
- Snowpack test fracture character
- Sudden (`pop` or `drop`)
- Snowpack test failure depth
- 137cm
- Surface conditions
- New snow
- Snowpack test failure layer crystal type
- Depth hoar
- Facets
Comments
One resistant planar result in compression tests at 30cm hard range. Facets / depth hoar react consistently in the moderate range as a sudden collapse when the top 40cm is removed 55cm from the ground. Noticeable settlement in the midpack since last visit two weeks ago.
