- Submitted by
- Jessie Guo
- Observations date
- Saturday, January 2, 2021 at 21:00
- Location
- 51.076300° N 116.054300° 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 above sea level
- 1,345m
- Elevation band
- Below treeline
- Aspect
- NE
- Snowpack depth
- 65cm
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- No
- Did you observe cracking?
- Yes
- Snowpack test result
- Moderate
- Snowpack test fracture character
- Sudden (`pop` or `drop`)
- Snowpack test failure depth
- 40cm
- Surface conditions
- New snow
- Surface hoar
- Snowpack test failure layer crystal type
- Surface hoar
Comments
We digged a pit at 1345m in an opening in the new growth forest. Observed pop/drop of the Dec 7 layer: ECTP12, PST30/100, down 40 on SH 3.0-5.0.
Snow was -0.8c at ground and -2.0c at surface. Air temperature was around 0c. Minimal wind below treeline.
Trail breaking/bushwhacking was slow with the new growths. No turns were made.