Hanging Lake Test Pit

Quick report

colin.n · Feb 8, 2023 · Brandywine

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Quick report

Weather
cloudy
Ride Type
denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees, steepSlopes
Stayed Away
alpineSlopes
Snow Conditions
deepPowder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow

Snowpack

Dug a quick 90cm deep test pit on a W aspect on a ridge above Hanging Lake. HS 210cm. CTM (SP) at 20cm deep within the storm snow. The storm snow hardness was F. Continuing with the CT test, we got a CTH30 (RP) at 45cm deep. The snow between 45cm deep and 25cm deep was 1F hardness. There was significant sluffing while skiing steep micro terrain features. We also noticed a 4F weak layer at 85cm down.