- Submitted by
- joshua.n.mcgrath
- Observations date
- Friday, March 6, 2026 at 21:10
- Location
- 49.081415° N 120.898958° 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
- 1,950m
- Elevation band
- Below treeline
- Aspect
- NW
- Snowpack depth
- 170cm
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- No
- Did you observe cracking?
- No
- Foot penetration
- 40cm
- Snowpack test result
- Easy
- Snowpack test fracture character
- Sudden (`pop` or `drop`)
- Snowpack test failure depth
- 25cm
- Surface conditions
- New snow
- Snowpack test failure layer crystal type
- Surface hoar
Comments
We did a CT Test in an area above a ridge we planned to drop into. The area we dug in was below treeline but on an open ridge with few trees.
We got a CTE 5 (SP) Down 25