Sunshine Backcountry Pit

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, windy

Stayed Away

convexSlopes, steepSlopes

Snow Conditions

powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow

Today we toured out behind sunshine for a quick and dirty layer ID with testing bonding of new storm snow. In the top of the snowpack (162cm - 114cm), we were seeing fist to 4F+ DFs, with evidence of graupel and Iregular crystals as SF, with mid pack being pencil rounding grains further down (114cm - 59cm) to a decomposing crust at 59cm. As it was getting late, we only had time for two CTs with a result of CTH21×2 SP, failing on ppsd 2-3 mm on the density change at 114cms. We only got one result of CTH28 SC, failing at a mid storm interface @ 103cm Light gusting moderate winds from the south and light snow transport with air temp of -13.2 c.

Weather

Wind Speed

windSpeedLight

Blowing Snow

light

Sky Condition

overcast

Snowfall Rate

1

Wind Direction

SW

Precipitation Type

snow

Light transport at ridge top. Light winds to moderate gusts.

Snowpack

Depth

162

Obs Type

point

Site Aspect

E

Test Fracture

sudden

Site Elevation

2350

Ski Penetration

30

Test Initiation

hard

Foot Penetration

50

Test Failure Depth

48

Site Elevation Band

tln

Surface Conditions

newSnow

Whumpfing Observed

1

Test Failure Layer Crystal Types

stormSnow