Lake O'Hara Area
Quick reportParks Canada Visitor Safety · Feb 6, 2024 · Glacier
Snowpack
- Depth
- 120
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- N
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 2300
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Test Failure Depth
- 50
- Site Elevation Band
- btl, tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
At 2300m there is up to 20 cm low density over top of the Feb 3 temperature crust which is .5-1cm thick and supportive on skis. Little to no wind effect in surface snow. There was a CTM(17)X2 down 50 cm which was resistant planar.