Hitting rock top not bottom

Quick report

thomasbiddlecombe · Mar 20, 2026 · Maligne

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Quick report

Signs Of Instability
none
Avalanche Observation
no

MIN REPORT ⛰️❄️❄️❄️❄️💨💨💨💨💨❄️⛰️ 52.72236N, -117.65805E 1749m altitude @ 10:41: NEW snow of 5 cm on ice ﹋﹋﹋\/﹋﹋|⛷️|﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋\/﹋﹋ 52.7169N, -117.67665E 1992m altitude @ 11:50: Snow depth 120 cm ﹋﹋﹋\/﹋﹋|⛷️|﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋\/﹋﹋ 52.70858N, -117.68639E 2236m altitude @ 13:00: Snow depth 315 🧗‍♂️🪢~🔗~~~~🔗~~~~🔗~~~~🧗‍♀️ 52.70857N, -117.68639E 2234m altitude @ 13:01: Pit results - NEE facing Five finger to 280cm SH Slightly firm layer at 220cm SH Small 30 cm slab on top hard to drag off didn’t pop and didn’t come off as clean layer Pit was solid and ski down of E face was solid and supportive, really nice conditions.