Dolomiti shoulder
Snowpackintothineyre · Dec 29, 2021 · East Side 93N
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Sky Condition
- fewClouds
- Wind Direction
- SW
- Precipitation Type
- none
Thursday Dec 30. 13:00 hrs at 2230 m: -19, calm, thin cloud on peaks and in valley bottom. 14:00 hrs at 2500 m: -24, light SW wind, ice crystals.
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- SE
- Test Fracture
- unevenBreak
- Test Initiation
- easy
- Cracking Observed
- 1
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
Thurs Dec 30, 13:00. Easy hand shears on way up above ~ 2150 m on a planar layer, though unconsolidated. Quick pit at 2230 m on SE aspect on 30 deg slope: HS 165; 165-140cm Fist; CT4 uneven P @ 140cm; 140-110cm 4F-1F; CT15 RP @ 110cm (Dec 2 layer); 1F below. A fair amount of stuffing on descent; and a ski cut at ~2275 m on a lee SE slope, on a convex roll broke off a small 0.5 slide below the cut: ~10 m wide, down ~ 25 cms, 50m run. Cracking noted. (no involvement)