Cabin Hill
Quick reportn.matwyuk · Dec 21, 2025 · Birkenhead
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, stormy
- Ride Type
- openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow
While skiing we only observed sluffing and no propogation or other failures.
Weather
- Blowing Snow
- moderate
- Wind Direction
- E
- New Snow24 Hours
- 30
- Storm Snow Amount
- 100
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Snowpack
- Depth
- 300
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- N
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 1825
- Ski Penetration
- 50
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Foot Penetration
- 100
- Test Failure Depth
- 100
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- crust
Extended column test propagation and sudden planar failure at 21 (first shoulder tap). Before that there was just compression (non propagating) of storm snow. After all taps were done, a shovel pry had another sudden planar failure at 200cm deep. Below the crust the snow gradually got more dense until the last 100cm which were very moist and great snow ball snow.