- Submitted by
- rthomfor
- Observations date
- Saturday, February 25, 2017 at 18:00
- Location
- 49.046530° N 117.052580° 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?
- Point observation
- Elevation above sea level
- 2,100m
- Elevation band
- Treeline
- Aspect
- N
- NE
- Snowpack depth
- 250cm
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- Yes
- Did you observe cracking?
- Yes
- Foot penetration
- 40cm
- Ski penetration
- 20cm
- Snowpack test result
- None
- Surface conditions
- Variable
Comments
I noticed a lot of wind slabs forming on the eastern side of ridge lines. These slab were cracking and whumping as I skinned by them. Saw no sign of any recent avalanche activity.