AST 2 Pit - ST & PS column and EXT column test - WITH RESULTS!!!!

Submitted by
jena.greaser
Observations date
Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 20:00
Location
49.435530° N 115.109460° W
Reporting on
  • Snow conditions
Map for Mountain Information Network report: AST 2 Pit - ST & PS column and EXT column test - WITH RESULTS!!!!

Information

Is this a point observation or a summary of your day?
Point observation
Elevation above sea level
1,750m
Elevation band
  • Treeline
Aspect
  • S
  • SW
Did you observe whumpfing?
No
Did you observe cracking?
No
Snowpack test result
Easy
Snowpack test fracture character
Sudden (`pop` or `drop`)
Snowpack test failure depth
35cm
Surface conditions
  • New snow
Snowpack test failure layer crystal type
  • Storm snow

Comments

We dug a pit for our AST 2 on the edge of the ski boundary by Falling Star between Lost Boys and Mammoth Head Moose droppings - we did 3 column tests with the same result and 2 EXT's with the same result - We had the storm snow slab (ST) propogate and pop and the persistant slab (PS) drop down the January weak layer around 90cm deep. This is my first report for on a pit, so I appreciate any corrective criticism on how to better to this observation - I did not get a photo of the PS depth, but it was roughly 57cm from the ST - making a second report fot the PS