Short day at Hummingbird
Quick reportsam t · Jan 5, 2025 · North Rockies
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder
Short day riding simple terrain below the tree line just west of hummingbird pass. No signs of instability. Good snow. Dug a pit, see snowpack section.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -4
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- Temperature Trend
- steady
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- SE
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Site Elevation Band
- btl
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- crust
Pit tests near hummingbird pass on SE aspect at 1600m. Compression test yielded non planar fracture on recent storm snow, CTM 18. Resistant planar fracture on crust layer 31 cm down, CTH 23. Extended column yielded no reactions.