Slabs moving on Jan 5th surface hoar

Snowpack

cdnmoose11 · Jan 30, 2017 · Purcells

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Quick report

Weather
cloudy
Ride Type
mellowSlopes
Stayed Away
convexSlopes, steepSlopes
Riding Quality
Good
Snow Conditions
powder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab

Second photo shows a cohesive slab released during our snowpack test.... lots of energy, slid very quickly. See SNOWPACK heading for more details.

Snowpack

Extended column test, full propagation on the first hard tap (21). Lots of energy as it slid quickly on well preserved surface hoar (3-5mm). [ECTP 21 ; dn 55cm on SH 3-5mm)