- Submitted by
- jcrgray
- Observations date
- Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 21:15
- Location
- 50.073663° N 122.876846° 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
- 2,050m
- Elevation band
- Alpine
- Aspect
- W
- Snowpack depth
- 75cm
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- No
- Did you observe cracking?
- No
- Foot penetration
- 10cm
- Ski penetration
- 20cm
- Snowpack test result
- None
- Snowpack test fracture character
- Resistant
- Snowpack test failure depth
- 25cm
- Surface conditions
- New snow
- Snowpack test failure layer crystal type
- Crust
- Facets
Comments
Toured to disease ridge via Blackcomb lake. Low visibility with light winds. Several minor flurries throughout the day.
Difficult travel conditions due to low coverage on rock features - minor ski damage occurred. Unconsolidated snow above crust during travel
3 tests performed just below cornice on west facing disease ridge.
ECT was unreactive with no results.
Cornice cut was unreactive with no results
Ski cut was unreactive with no results.
Skiing was good.
