- Submitted by
- Josh
- Observations date
- Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 19:30
- Location
- 51.706816° N 116.501174° 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
- 2,260m
- Elevation band
- Treeline
- Aspect
- SE
- Snowpack depth
- 105cm
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- No
- Did you observe cracking?
- No
- Foot penetration
- 47cm
- Ski penetration
- 15cm
- Snowpack test result
- Hard
- Snowpack test fracture character
- Resistant
- Snowpack test failure depth
- 80cm
- Surface conditions
- Variable
- Snowpack test failure layer crystal type
- Facets
Comments
Quick pit dug at top of main skin track en route to upper shoulder. Three tests:
CTE8,RP,down 20cm on windslab/PP interface
CTH27,SC, down 80cm on Basal facets
ECTX no-result
Variable surface during ski down from shoulder, mix of wind slab and powder on exposed SE aspect.