- Submitted by
- k8whiting
- Observations date
- Wednesday, February 18, 2026 at 23:00
- Location
- 49.012064° N 114.063661° 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
- 2,050m
- Elevation band
- Treeline
- Aspect
- SE
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- Yes
- Did you observe cracking?
- No
- Foot penetration
- 35cm
- Snowpack test result
- Hard
- Snowpack test failure depth
- 40cm
- Surface conditions
- New snow
- Snowpack test failure layer crystal type
- Facets
Comments
Skiing in sparse trees at ridgetop (low angle slope) on a SE aspect and experienced a small whoomph. A quick dig showed 40cm of F precip particles overlying a thin (0.5-1cm) January MFcr. Below, a 1cm layer of facets was sandwiched between another thin crust and then mixed forms below. ECTP21 down 40 on FC below Jan MFcr.
No natural avalanches observed, minimal wind effect seen, no slab quality in new storm snow on travels (E/SE in TL/BTL).
