Bald Hills AST Course
Snowpacksprockter · Jan 26, 2021 · Maligne
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
Temperature inversion at parking lot at -11C (-19C in town). Temperatures remained relatively steady throughout the day with little to no change in wind, precip or solar.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 115
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NE
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 2150
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Test Failure Depth
- 42
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- surfaceHoar, depthHoar
Snow Profile on AST 1 course: CTH29 (SP) down 42 on SH 2-4mm CTH29 (SC) down 115 on DH 3-4mm ECTX (Note: SH layer fractured on 31st tap but did not propagate across the column). No signs of instability or recent avalanche activity observed while traveling.