- Submitted by
- conrad
- Observations date
- Monday, March 27, 2017 at 18:10
- Location
- 51.499320° N 116.496080° 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?
- Point observation
- Elevation above sea level
- 1,800m
- Elevation band
- Treeline
- Aspect
- NE
- Snowpack depth
- 230cm
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- No
- Did you observe cracking?
- No
- Foot penetration
- 25cm
- Ski penetration
- 10cm
- Snowpack test result
- Hard
- Snowpack test fracture character
- Resistant
- Surface conditions
- New snow
Comments
Much stronger snowpack at treeline in the Takakkaw Falls area than in many other areas of the Banff, Yoho & kootenay Region. Still able to see a slight weakness and get some hard test results in the basal facets down 150cm. Shallow areas in this region may be weaker and deserve more respect. No other significant shears found. Moist surface snow up to 1800m. Lots of avalanche activity to the Tak Falls road below Wapta Peak, but with the large cornices up on Wapta Peak it still a place to move through quickly.
