- Submitted by
- sweetgrassp
- Observations date
- Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 17:30
- Location
- 49.445550° N 117.128270° 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
- Treeline
- Aspect
- N
- Snowpack depth
- 170cm
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- No
- Did you observe cracking?
- No
- Snowpack test result
- Moderate
- Snowpack test fracture character
- Sudden (`pop` or `drop`)
- Snowpack test failure depth
- 35cm
- Surface conditions
- New snow
- Snowpack test failure layer crystal type
- Storm snow
Comments
The upper 35cm HST slab was reactive to skier traffic yesterday in steep unsupported terrain, trending stubborn-unreactive today. No Na activity observed.
In ALP, strong winds during last storm scoured the 5 Mile/Kettutle ridge, resulting in lower HS, and a supportive windslab with 2cm ski pen to treeline.