Isolated layers
Quick reportjason.roussel · Dec 28, 2025 · Spearhead
Quick report
- Weather
- foggy, cloudy
- Ride Type
- cutBlocks, denseTrees, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow
Snowpack
- Depth
- 230
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- SE
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Test Initiation
- easy
- Test Failure Depth
- 80
- Site Elevation Band
- alp, tln
- Surface Conditions
- crust
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- surfaceHoar
Found 2cm of facets under a 2cm rain crust under 30cm of fresh snow. On ECT the facet layer collapsed at second tap. Quality 1 sheer. Multiple other 2-5cm thick layers below. Found similar snow pack on isolated S-SW pockets, usually in much thinner snowpacks near rocks.