a Little Sand, a little powder

Quick report

Ride Type

openTrees, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder

Today in the Little Sands area we did not observe any avalanche activity. We toured up to 2000 m and dug a pit on an east-facing slope. The snowpack's top 20-30 cm was soft snow sitting on top of a surface hoar layer. Below that, the snowpack was well-settled and moist near the ground. We had no results on our extended column test (ECTX) and a resistant result on our compression test (CTM14 (RP) down 30cm on 9-12 mm surface hoar). The weather was mild; -1 at the staging area in the morning, and -5.6 at higher elevation when we dug into the snow. The wind was calm, making for a great day.

Weather

Avg Temp

-6

Wind Speed

windSpeedCalm

Sky Condition

brokenClouds

Precipitation Type

none

Snowpack

Depth

140

Obs Type

point

Site Aspect

E

Test Fracture

resistant

Site Elevation

2000

Test Initiation

moderate

Test Failure Depth

30

Site Elevation Band

tln

Surface Conditions

newSnow

Test Failure Layer Crystal Types

surfaceHoar

Extended Column Test produced no results (ECTX), Column Test produced a moderate resistant result (CTM14 (RP) )