- Submitted by
- skiingismylife11
- Observations date
- Friday, January 24, 2020 at 18:30
- Location
- 49.208031° N 117.895457° 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
- 1,800m
- Elevation band
- Treeline
- Aspect
- S
- Snowpack depth
- 110cm
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- No
- Did you observe cracking?
- No
- Foot penetration
- 30cm
- Snowpack test fracture character
- Sudden (`pop` or `drop`)
- Snowpack test failure depth
- 87cm
- Surface conditions
- New snow
- Snowpack test failure layer crystal type
- Facets
Comments
extended column test led to a break in the weak facet layer that’s 87cm from the top surface. broke after 27 taps (10 wrist, 10 elbow, 7 shoulder)
