- Submitted by
- astclair
- Observations date
- Monday, January 24, 2022 at 20:00
- Location
- 54.844775° N 127.302070° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Wind affected
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Warm
Comments
We dug in two areas near the Silvern and Schufer lakes to get a wrap our heads around the spatial variability since last week’s wind. Conclusion: it’s variable!
On a sheltered south aspect near Silvern lake at 1500 m, we found the mid-Jan SH down 30 cm and the early January facets down 60 cm. Snowpack tests produced a sudden planar result in a CT on the early January facets and no results in an ECT.
On heavily wind-loaded NNE facing feature at 1500 m, we came across a machine-triggered size 1.5 avalanche that looked to be approximately 48 hours old. In a fracture line profile, we identified a stubborn wind slab interface down 30 cm and the mid-January SH layer down 60 cm. These layers produced repeatable sudden planar results in CT tests but no results in an ECT.
