Faceting and Surface Hoar
Quick reportT.S. · Jan 20, 2025 · Cariboos
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, sunny
- Ride Type
- denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- sunnySlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, powder
Comparing a test pit site on Ottomite from last week. Neat to see the faceting effect on the upper snowpack from the current cold/dry weather. Widespread Surface Hoar of 5-10mm, with larger 20-25mm SH in isolated areas.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -4
- Min Temp
- -14
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- scatteredClouds
- Storm Start Date
- 2025-01-16
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- none
Snowpack
- Depth
- 185
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- N, NE
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 1465
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Foot Penetration
- 30
- Test Failure Depth
- 25
- Site Elevation Band
- btl, tln
- Surface Conditions
- facets, surfaceHoar
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- crust, facets