Musical Bumps Surface Hoar and Surface Facets

Submitted by
peternave
Observations date
Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 20:00
Location
50.039510° N 122.900030° W
Reporting on
  • Snow conditions
Map for Mountain Information Network report: Musical Bumps Surface Hoar and Surface Facets

Information

Is this a point observation or a summary of your day?
Summary
Elevation band
  • Treeline
Aspect
  • E
  • N
  • NE
  • NW
  • W
Did you observe whumpfing?
No
Did you observe cracking?
No
Snowpack test result
None
Surface conditions
  • Surface hoar

Comments

There is widespread corn flake sized (>1cm) surface hoar on most aspects and elevations in the Musical Bumps area, generally sitting on top of 10-20cms of faceted snow. SH is especially obvious at ridge crest (where there must have been a cloud top) and is still present on partially solar aspects. Winds were calm and temps were mild. This will be an interface to watch once we get some new snow!