- Submitted by
- Ryan Shelly
- Observations date
- Sunday, December 10, 2017 at 19:08
- Location
- 55.403380° N 123.071500° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Hard
- Powder
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Warm
Comments
Interesting conditions on Morfee Mountain. 75cms of total snowpack and two prominent rain crust/melt freeze layers that are reactive. Facets exist underneath both of these rain/melt freeze crusts and are reactive to Moderate and Hard triggers-
CTM 19 down 30cm on Rain crust and interface of Facets/Surface Hoar (sz 3mm) SP
CTH 24 down 55cm on Melt Freeze crust and interface of Facets/Surface Hoar
(sz 6 mm) SP
These two layers exist everywhere throughout the North Eastern North Rockies within the upper metre of the snowpack and have also provided similar results. Because Morfee has a shallower snowpack depth, it is easier to trigger.
HST 25cm