- Submitted by
- rthomfor
- Observations date
- Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at 19:30
- Location
- 49.079560° N 117.035000° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Is this a point observation or a summary of your day?
- Summary
- Elevation above sea level
- 1,900m
- Elevation band
- Treeline
- Aspect
- S
- Snowpack depth
- 125cm
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- No
- Did you observe cracking?
- No
- Foot penetration
- 40cm
- Ski penetration
- 30cm
- Snowpack test result
- Moderate
- Snowpack test fracture character
- Sudden (`pop` or `drop`)
- Snowpack test failure depth
- 25cm
- Surface conditions
- New snow
- Snowpack test failure layer crystal type
- Storm snow
Comments
Dug a Pit to ground below Buzzes ridge today, column test top 25cm failed at CT 16, rest of the column to ground had settle out since last Friday. No signs of any Avalanche activity.
Last Friday boot pen was 1 metre.