Healy Pass
Quick reportandrew.moldovan1991 · Feb 18, 2024 · Glacier
Quick report
- Weather
- sunny, warm
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- powder, windAffected
Perfect day at Healy Pass. 20-30cm of faceting powder on top of a supportive crust. Travel BTL was fine, if slow on the way out. No wind slabs observed, wind affected snow was seen in the high alpine but didn't go there. Dug a quick pit on a NE slope and observed a 1cm thick crust and essentially only facets above and below it. Did an extended column test which had no results, even when I took the crust off. The column test had a couple breaks below the crust. I also whacked it with my shovel a bit after the proper test was done and it eventually did a sudden planar break on the basal facets about 90 down. No instabilities, natural or skier avalanches observed.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 107
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NE
- Test Fracture
- unevenBreak
- Site Elevation
- 2300
- Ski Penetration
- 20
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Test Failure Depth
- 30
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- facets
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets
Facets on crust