AST 2 Pit - ST & PS column and EXT column test - WITH RESULTS!!!!

Snowpack

Obs Type

point

Site Aspect

S, SW

Test Fracture

sudden

Site Elevation

1750

Test Initiation

easy

Test Failure Depth

35

Site Elevation Band

tln

Surface Conditions

newSnow

Test Failure Layer Crystal Types

stormSnow

We dug a pit for our AST 2 on the edge of the ski boundary by Falling Star between Lost Boys and Mammoth Head Moose droppings - we did 3 column tests with the same result and 2 EXT's with the same result - We had the storm snow slab (ST) propogate and pop and the persistant slab (PS) drop down the January weak layer around 90cm deep. This is my first report for on a pit, so I appreciate any corrective criticism on how to better to this observation - I did not get a photo of the PS depth, but it was roughly 57cm from the ST - making a second report fot the PS