- Submitted by
- michelle.kloet
- Observations date
- Sunday, January 12, 2020 at 20:48
- Location
- 50.816433° N 115.362274° 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 band
- Below treeline
- Aspect
- N
- Snowpack depth
- 215cm
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- No
- Did you observe cracking?
- No
- Foot penetration
- 30cm
- Ski penetration
- 10cm
- Snowpack test result
- Easy
- Snowpack test fracture character
- Sudden (`pop` or `drop`)
- Snowpack test failure depth
- 35cm
- Surface conditions
- New snow
- Snowpack test failure layer crystal type
- Surface hoar
Comments
ACC AST2 course. Our group did several CT’s and ECT’s. All with similar results. Easy failure at 35cm over surface hoar. Moderate failure at 80cm. ECT showed propagation at 35cm. One group dug to ground and was able to see failure at ground level. Our Rutschblock Test was a 3. We were on a 32 degree slope. Minus 16 degree air temp. North aspect. Signs of natural activity.
