- Submitted by
- rthomfor
- Observations date
- Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at 18:00
- Location
- 49.053000° N 117.024890° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
%2F-117.02489%2C49.053%2C8%2C0%2C0%2F1026x200%3Faccess_token%3Dpk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g&w=1200&q=75 "Kootenay Pass near the Craigs")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Is this a point observation or a summary of your day?
- Point observation
- Elevation above sea level
- 1,950m
- Elevation band
- Treeline
- Aspect
- N
- Snowpack depth
- 265cm
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- No
- Did you observe cracking?
- No
- Foot penetration
- 40cm
- Ski penetration
- 10cm
- Snowpack test result
- Hard
- Snowpack test fracture character
- Resistant
- Snowpack test failure depth
- 35cm
- Surface conditions
- New snow
- Snowpack test failure layer crystal type
- Crust
Comments
New storm snow forming a soft slab, snow fractured at CT23 and CT25 on a thin layer of ice above the crust.
