- Submitted by
- Waterton Visitor Safety
- Observations date
- Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 17:10
- Location
- 49.040300° N 114.052710° 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
- SE
- Snowpack depth
- 10cm
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- No
- Did you observe cracking?
- No
- Foot penetration
- 20cm
- Ski penetration
- 10cm
- Snowpack test result
- Easy
- Snowpack test fracture character
- Resistant
- Snowpack test failure depth
- 10cm
- Surface conditions
- New snow
- Snowpack test failure layer crystal type
- Crust
Comments
Melt freeze crust supportive to skier traffic made travel possible. Notes in snow pilot pit refer to a non standard test method - a failure was noted with additional force applied after completion of compression test. Failure occurred below melt freeze crust. This layer may become a problem later in the season.
