- Submitted by
- oblongsqr
- Observations date
- Thursday, January 2, 2020 at 18:00
- Location
- 49.050013° N 117.033652° 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
- 2,100m
- Elevation band
- Treeline
- Aspect
- W
- Snowpack depth
- 215cm
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- No
- Did you observe cracking?
- Yes
- Foot penetration
- 30cm
- Ski penetration
- 5cm
- Snowpack test result
- Very easy
- Snowpack test fracture character
- Sudden (`pop` or `drop`)
- Snowpack test failure depth
- 120cm
- Surface conditions
- Variable
Comments
Column test revealed a resistant failure on the first moderate arm hit at 25cm, likely the surface hoar from Dec 26. Aspect was wind scoured. On the second moderate arm hit there was a sudden failure at 120cm on a sugary crystal layer that was a few millimetres thick.
