McCrae
Avalanchearibruns · Nov 18, 2019 · Central Selkirk
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- OK
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, heavy
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound
We skied between 1700 and 2300m today, thin zipper crust on the surface at all elevations skied. Above 2000m was good travel with very little ski pen and below that felt pretty upside down and made for challenging skiing.
Snowpack
We dug a full profile and had some alarming results. CTM 15 SP down 70cm X2 ECTH 25 SP down 70cm Failure was directly above a crust sandwich that lies 30 cm above the ground. Unsure on the distribution, however we did observe a new natural avalanche and suspect that it failed on this interface.
Avalanche
Impressive propagation and slab depth. Suspect it ran on crust interface, see snowpack information.