- Submitted by
- snow.safety
- Observations date
- Friday, February 2, 2018 at 19:00
- Location
- 51.710270° N 116.480280° 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?
- Point observation
- Elevation above sea level
- 2,020m
- Elevation band
- Treeline
- Aspect
- SW
- Snowpack depth
- 130cm
- Snowpack test result
- Moderate
- Snowpack test fracture character
- Sudden (`pop` or `drop`)
- Snowpack test failure layer crystal type
- Facets
Comments
We are still getting Moderate to Hard sudden shears on the weak December 15 facet interface which is down 60cm. If the storm snow above this layer is triggered, it will be easy for avalanches to step down to this interface resulting in large avalanches.
