Slabs just waiting for a trigger! 😬
Snowpacksouthrockies · Feb 26, 2021 · Crowsnest South
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, sunny
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, sunnySlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder, windAffected
In Crowsnest pass today we found sugary facets from the cold snap over a sun crust buried 75 cm under some very stiff wind slab. We dug on top of a slope that avalanched earlier this week and the layer was still looking bad in our tests! Triggering it is slowly becoming harder but if you do...it'll be a big avalanche.
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- SE
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 1800
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Test Failure Depth
- 75
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets
Pit dug next to a size 2 avalanche from earlier this week. Extended column test propagated to the end on the 19th hit. 75 cm deep in facets over a sun crust.