Crater Lake

Quick report

Nice day to go dig a pit and try and get a sense of went went on Saturday. No i didn't ski in and no i didn't ski out lol Tag lines and crampons have their place :) Total snow depth was approx 4m. I dug to a depth of just over 170cm and got skunked by some incredibly hard layers and wanning energy. There was an approx 10cm new wind slab not noted 2 days prior. ECT looked something like this: H3 @ 14cm, failure. H5 @ 22cm, failure. H10 @ 52cm, pop. E16 @ 80cm, drop. No results beyond that. I wasn't able to cut below 160cm as the rope saw i have got beat up by the ice layer at that depth. Seriously. Snow temps; -6 @ 10cm, -6 @80cm, -8 @ 130 cm. In the guts of Crater lake and the "classic lines" that feed into it, wind was zero to <5kph all day. As soon as you left the shelter of that zone it was ripping 40-50kph. This explains the volume of wind deposited snow i suppose. I'll be sticking to the trees for a bit until warmer days flush out these slabs. Skiing was .... marginal at best in this zone of HBM. Skiing is fun. Don't forget to smile!!! :)

Snowpack

Depth

400

Obs Type

point

Site Aspect

SE

Test Fracture

sudden

Site Elevation

2050

Ski Penetration

15

Test Initiation

easy

Foot Penetration

80

Test Failure Depth

80

Site Elevation Band

alp

Surface Conditions

crust

Test Failure Layer Crystal Types

other

Nice day to go dig a pit and try and get a sense of went went on Saturday. No i didn't ski in and no i didn't ski out lol Tag lines and crampons have there place :) Total snow depth was approx 4m. I dug to a depth of just over 170cm and got skunked by some incredibly hard layers and wanning energy. There was an approx 10cm new wind slab not noted 2 days prior. ECT looked something like this: H3 @ 14cm, failure. H5 @ 22cm, failure. H10 @ 52cm, pop. E16 @ 80cm, drop. No results beyond that. I wasn't able to cut below 160cm as the rope saw i have got beat up by the ice layer at that depth. Seriously. Snow temps; -6 @ 10cm, -6 @80cm, -8 @ 130 cm. In the guts of Crater lake and the "classic lines" that feed into it, wind was zero to <5kph all day. As soon as you left the shelter of that zone it was ripping 40-50kph. This explains the volume of wind deposited snow i suppose. I'll be sticking to the trees for a bit until warmer days flush out these slabs. Skiing was .... marginal at best in this zone of HBM. Skiing is fun. Don't forget to smile!!! :)