Sick turns on avalanche crest
Quick reporthelentang1995 · Dec 23, 2024 · Glacier
Quick report
- Weather
- warm
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, openTrees, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp
Great powder riding on the top half of avalanche crest. It was riding through concrete on the lower half, with some rocks and small cliffs to maneuver.
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Snowfall Rate
- 1
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- SW
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Ski Penetration
- 20
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Foot Penetration
- 50
- Test Failure Depth
- 20
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets
We did a column test. It did not fail after 30 taps. We did a few more very hard taps to see what would happen, and it failed at 20cm. I observed facets at this layer.