- Submitted by
- Jenna Wilkins
- Observations date
- Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 21:00
- Location
- 50.087849° N 122.881403° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Is this a point observation or a summary of your day?
- Point observation
- Elevation above sea level
- 2,185m
- Elevation band
- Alpine
- Aspect
- W
- Snowpack depth
- 95cm
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- Yes
- Did you observe cracking?
- No
- Ski penetration
- 15cm
- Snowpack test result
- Moderate
- Snowpack test fracture character
- Sudden (`pop` or `drop`)
- Snowpack test failure depth
- 40cm
- Surface conditions
- New snow
- Snowpack test failure layer crystal type
- Crust
- Facets
- Storm snow
Comments
16° slope West aspect light winds
CTM13 down 40cms
ECTP7 down 20cms wind slab and ECTP7 down 40cms facet crust layer
New snow 5-20cms
95-110cms snowpack depth
We believe it’s mod/low/low