Surface Hoar near Whitewater

Snowpack

joelmcburney · Jan 17, 2021 · North Rockies

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Ride Type
mellowSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees

Snowpack

Compression Test Moderate (11 taps) with Sudden Collapse fracture character. Extended Column Test Moderate (11 taps), propagated whole block. Tests failed on the Jan 11 surface hoar, 40cm below the surface. The buried surface hoar was large, 8-15mm.