- Submitted by
- rod.gee
- Observations date
- Friday, January 22, 2021 at 21:35
- Location
- 54.505150° N 128.937600° 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?
- Summary
- Elevation above sea level
- 0m
- Elevation band
- Alpine
- Treeline
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- No
- Did you observe cracking?
- No
- Surface conditions
- Facets
- Surface hoar
Comments
Jan 21-22 alpine and treeline observations in Zymacord/East Ridge area:
Surface hoar avg size 10 mm. Near-surface faceting easily skier-triggered as size 0.5 “facetalanches” in the alpine. Wind effects on surface condition have been minor to nil over last few days.