Slabs moving on Jan 5th surface hoar
Snowpackcdnmoose11 · Jan 30, 2017 · Purcells
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)