- Submitted by
- Brad Roach
- Observations date
- Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at 20:00
- Location
- 51.319580° N 117.125960° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Is this a point observation or a summary of your day?
- Point observation
- Elevation above sea level
- 1,860m
- Elevation band
- Below treeline
- Aspect
- NW
- Snowpack depth
- 145cm
- Foot penetration
- 50cm
- Snowpack test result
- Moderate
- Snowpack test fracture character
- Sudden (`pop` or `drop`)
- Snowpack test failure depth
- 90cm
- Surface conditions
- Surface hoar
- Snowpack test failure layer crystal type
- Surface hoar
Comments
Dug a profile in a sheltered cutblock area to check out some SH. Well preserved SH layer down 90 was notable and reactive in CT and PST tests.
