- Submitted by
- mcmillan_tyler
- Observations date
- Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 18:00
- Location
- 49.435150° N 115.102500° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-115.10250002183318,49.43514953090945,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Lost Boys Surface Hoar")
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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
- 1,750m
- Elevation band
- Treeline
- Aspect
- N
- Snowpack depth
- 210cm
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- No
- Did you observe cracking?
- No
- Foot penetration
- 15cm
- Ski penetration
- 10cm
- Snowpack test result
- Moderate
- Snowpack test fracture character
- Sudden (`pop` or `drop`)
- Snowpack test failure depth
- 52cm
- Snowpack test failure layer crystal type
- Surface hoar
Comments
Went surface hoar hunting on a ski touring refresher for Mountain Addicts and found it in a sheltered north aspect protecting the persistent weak layer from wind and solar input. CTM (17) down 52 cm sudden planner shear, did an extended column test with the same result on 17 taps. Well preserved buried surface hoar is still out there in specific terrain.
