- Submitted by
- timhaggarty
- Observations date
- Thursday, January 5, 2017 at 02:32
- Location
- 49.041550° N 114.034670° 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 band
- Below treeline
- Snowpack depth
- 67cm
- Foot penetration
- 55cm
- Snowpack test result
- Moderate
- Snowpack test fracture character
- Sudden (`pop` or `drop`)
- Snowpack test failure depth
- 50cm
- Surface conditions
- Facets
- Snowpack test failure layer crystal type
- Depth hoar
- Facets
Comments
Shallow snowpack at LP is heavily affected by cold temps with the faceting process well underway. Pencil minus is the hardest resistance and the foot goes to ground while walking. Depth hoar 15 cm off the ground produces and ugly collapse in compression tests. Snow still sits on the South side of trees. No avalanche activity evident.
