- Submitted by
- jmajorossy
- Observations date
- Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 18:34
- Location
- 51.466045° N 117.377465° 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
- 1,950m
- Elevation band
- Below treeline
- Aspect
- NE
- Snowpack depth
- 300cm
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- Yes
- Did you observe cracking?
- Yes
- Foot penetration
- 100cm
- Ski penetration
- 40cm
- Snowpack test result
- Easy
- Snowpack test fracture character
- Sudden (`pop` or `drop`)
- Snowpack test failure depth
- 70cm
- Surface conditions
- New snow
- Snowpack test failure layer crystal type
- Facets
Comments
ECTP09 down 70 on size 3 facets
No signs of instability until this spot. Then we had long shooting cracks and cracking on convexities up to 20 meters away.
