- Submitted by
- rob.morrison.h
- Observations date
- Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at 21:00
- Location
- 49.690041° N 123.054046° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-123.05404631852582,49.690041008144874,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g)
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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
- 1,330m
- Elevation band
- Below treeline
- Aspect
- N
- Snowpack depth
- 190cm
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- No
- Did you observe cracking?
- No
- Snowpack test result
- Moderate
- Snowpack test fracture character
- Resistant
- Snowpack test failure depth
- 35cm
- Surface conditions
- Surface hoar
Comments
Dug a pit north facing 1330m in an open section around 20°slope. -5° @ 1230pm
Snowpack depth 190cm
Crust layers down 105, 110, 112
Very thick crust layer down 135-137, 4 cm of 4F facets below
CTM18RP Down35 -maybe wind deposit?
Coverage isn't quite ready for the big lines it looks like. The North trees are just filled in enough with the right line.
Mamquam is a sheet of ice with tracks driving off the road everywhere, and the turn off is probably un driveable past the first corner, about a foot of hardpack on the road by 500m