North Arm Hills
SnowpackNL Field Team · Jan 28, 2022 · Gros Morne
Quick report
- Weather
- sunny, cold
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected, crusty, hard
Variable conditions. Wind slabs can be found on East and North facing aspects. A wind scoured and icy environment on other aspects. Snowmobile travel conditions into the hills were excellent.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 400
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- E
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 480
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Foot Penetration
- 20
- Sled Penetration
- 20
- Test Failure Depth
- 15
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- crust, variable
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- other
Our East facing slope had heavy loading(12ft+). We had moderate test results in our Compression Test, with no propagation noted on our Extended Column Test.