- Submitted by
- cadamson
- Observations date
- Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at 19:25
- Location
- 49.202539° N 117.891892° 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
- 1,575m
- Elevation band
- Below treeline
- Aspect
- N
- Snowpack depth
- 150cm
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- No
- Did you observe cracking?
- No
- Foot penetration
- 40cm
- Snowpack test result
- Hard
- Snowpack test fracture character
- Sudden (`pop` or `drop`)
- Snowpack test failure depth
- 80cm
- Surface conditions
- New snow
- Snowpack test failure layer crystal type
- Depth hoar
Comments
Showing students on a small safe test feature, that the snowpack in the Rossland Range is still susceptible to failing to ground when it does fail.
