Quick Pit Upper McMurdo
Snowpackmeganderson90 · Dec 31, 2020 · West Purcell
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, steepSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder, windAffected
Stayed away from rocky shallow areas. Alpine ski conditions provided a windslab of variable thicknesses
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -6
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Snowfall Rate
- 1
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Snowpack
- Depth
- 205
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- N
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 2170
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Foot Penetration
- 38
- Test Failure Depth
- 75
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets
Quick snow pit. CTH6 down 75. Failed on facets. Below 75 cm the entire snowpack was facets. In a second pit facets the failure was down 50cm, on facets as well. Top of snow pack was light storm snow followed by denser snow then the facets. No burried surface hoar was observed