- Submitted by
- snow.safety
- Observations date
- Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 18:00
- Location
- 51.693070° N 116.476030° 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
- 2,220m
- Elevation band
- Treeline
- Aspect
- N
- Snowpack depth
- 67cm
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- Yes
- Did you observe cracking?
- Yes
- Snowpack test result
- Moderate
- Snowpack test fracture character
- Sudden (`pop` or `drop`)
- Surface conditions
- New snow
- Snowpack test failure layer crystal type
- Facets
Comments
Good skiing conditions with new snow over a firm base but lots of whumpfing on the Oct 26 crust in areas travelled today.
