Harvey Pass

Snowpack

Obs Type

point

Site Aspect

N, S

Site Elevation

2200

Site Elevation Band

alp

Surface Conditions

newSnow

Probed snowpack on curve ball side (N) and gas alley (S). Very visible that curve ball was wind loaded and had a significant higher HS as per usual. Skied the south aspect to lower the chances of an incident. Layers found on curve ball (N aspect) Probed 5m down slope: 22cm of storm snow, wind slab present 60cm down found our melt crust 75-90cm HS Layers found on gas alley (S aspect) Probed 10m down slope: 13cm storm snow, wind slab present 18cm down found out melt crust 42cm HS