- Submitted by
- rthomfor
- Observations date
- Saturday, February 18, 2017 at 19:00
- Location
- 49.053720° N 117.022440° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
%2F-117.02244%2C49.05372%2C8%2C0%2C0%2F1026x200%3Faccess_token%3Dpk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g&w=1200&q=75 "Kootenay pass, near Crags")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Is this a point observation or a summary of your day?
- Point observation
- Elevation above sea level
- 1,950m
- Elevation band
- Treeline
- Aspect
- N
- Snowpack depth
- 265cm
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- No
- Did you observe cracking?
- No
- Foot penetration
- 40cm
- Ski penetration
- 10cm
- Snowpack test result
- Hard
- Snowpack test fracture character
- Resistant
- Snowpack test failure depth
- 45cm
- Surface conditions
- New snow
- Snowpack test failure layer crystal type
- Storm snow
Comments
Column failed on a thin rain crust above the crust layer. Ct test =CT23 and CT25 on the 2 column tested.
