- Submitted by
- Parks Canada Visitor Safety
- Observations date
- Monday, March 10, 2025 at 20:00
- Location
- 51.708980° N 116.479190° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-116.47919,51.70898,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Bow Summit Study Plot")
Quick
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
- S
- Snowpack depth
- 160cm
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- Yes
- Did you observe cracking?
- Yes
- Foot penetration
- 90cm
- Ski penetration
- 60cm
- Snowpack test result
- Hard
- Snowpack test fracture character
- Sudden (`pop` or `drop`)
- Snowpack test failure depth
- 85cm
- Surface conditions
- New snow
- Snowpack test failure layer crystal type
- Facets
Comments
The main concern in the snowpack is the very weak layer of facets from the January drought down about 85 cm. There has been lots of avalanche activity on this layer up to size 3.5 in the past 24 hrs, and it will likely remain a problem for the foreseeable future.
