- Submitted by
- Andrew Packham
- Observations date
- Friday, December 21, 2018 at 21:00
- Location
- 49.166880° N 117.892770° 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?
- Summary
- Elevation above sea level
- 1,980m
- Elevation band
- Below treeline
- Treeline
- Aspect
- E
- Snowpack depth
- 110cm
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- Yes
- Did you observe cracking?
- No
- Ski penetration
- 10cm
- Snowpack test result
- Moderate
- Snowpack test fracture character
- Sudden (`pop` or `drop`)
- Snowpack test failure depth
- 45cm
- Surface conditions
- Variable
- Snowpack test failure layer crystal type
- Facets
Comments
ECTP 11, size 1-1.5 facets. East aspect at treeline at roughly 1980m. We experienced a number of small whumps on the way up, and saw evidence of avalanches on steep polar (sz. 1-2) and steep solar (sz. 1) aspects. Low ski pen. meant fun skiing on low-angle lee slopes.