- Submitted by
- jcjacobc
- Observations date
- Friday, November 6, 2020 at 14:00
- Location
- 51.614520° N 116.298305° 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
- 2,400m
- Elevation band
- Alpine
- Treeline
- Aspect
- W
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- No
- Did you observe cracking?
- No
- Surface conditions
- Variable
Comments
Rain crust with underlying facets up to ~2300m. The crust did not support our body weight, but was up to 3 cm thick in places.
In the bowl below the climb at ~2400m snow varied from 10-150cm.
Soft slab formation occurring on the surface in this bowl.
No signs of instability were noted in the snowpack today.
