- Submitted by
- michelle.kloet
- Observations date
- Saturday, February 22, 2020 at 17:30
- Location
- 50.876340° N 115.648404° 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 band
- Below treeline
- Aspect
- SE
- Snowpack depth
- 170cm
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- No
- Did you observe cracking?
- No
- Foot penetration
- 30cm
- Ski penetration
- 10cm
- Snowpack test fracture character
- Resistant
- Snowpack test failure depth
- 45cm
- Surface conditions
- New snow
Comments
Completed a Column and an Extended Column Test. On the first, there was a failure with 25 compressions, at 45cm, non-planer. We could not see any propagation with the Extended Column Test. However, when we put a shovel behind the column and pried the column forward, the entire column fell out in a solid block at 140cm, which was a facetted layer.
Temp -2, precip 1cm/hr, 170cm depth.
