Shovelnose Creek
Snowpackgabrielrobinsonleith · Feb 28, 2021 · Brandywine
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, cutBlocks
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- heavy, wet
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NW
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 1760
- Test Initiation
- veryEasy
- Test Failure Depth
- 18
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
Did a compression test and found two layers at 12cm and 18cm that popped at CTE2 simultaneously. Another weak layer was found at 50cm down and failed at CTM12. There was nothing obvious or distinct (such as a rain crust or facets) about any of the points of failure Also observed pinwheeling at treeline as day warmed up.