- Submitted by
- robmoote
- Observations date
- Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 19:00
- Location
- 49.046200° N 117.047180° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
Comments
We did an ECT at 2090 m on a SE aspect of Ripple Ridge, slope angle 30 degrees. Snowpack depth was one meter, thin (1-2 mm) layer of facets at 35 cm, wider (~ 1 cm) layer of moist facets at 70 cm. The 35 cm layer failed but did not propogate at ECT 19, nothing happened with the 70 cm layer. A shovel shear pulled out at the 70cm layer just by inserting the shovel, not pulling.