Hector South Ridge
Snowpackbf.92 · Nov 21, 2020 · East Side 93N
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, sunny
- Ride Type
- denseTrees, openTrees, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, cutBlocks, convexSlopes, alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSound
Some whumpfing above 2200m where the rain crust seemed weaker and less supportive. We could feel the storm snow settle as we were skinning up. At treeline, the new storm snow seemed to have more slab like properties and some minor wind effect. We decided to avoid alpine and open treeline, and steep slopes. We didn’t experience any propagation or slabs releasing on decent. We didn’t see any natural activity in the area.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 70
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- SW
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 2170
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Test Failure Depth
- 70
- Site Elevation Band
- btl
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Whumpfing Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets
Column test resulted in failure on base facets at 12 (2 from the elbow). The rain crust was 40cm down and very evident in the snowpack, but didn’t seem to be reactive in our test. Some whumphing could be heard while skinning up as the fresh storm snow settled.