Project Pillows

Snowpack

Obs Type

summary

Site Aspect

W

Test Fracture

resistant

Site Elevation

1050

Test Initiation

moderate

Test Failure Depth

37

Site Elevation Band

btl, tln

Surface Conditions

newSnow

Test Failure Layer Crystal Types

surfaceHoar

Two test profiles ontop of Project Pillows looking for information on buried weak layers. Observed two different layers of surface hoar down 37 and 49 cm producing resistant failures. Significant variance in size of grain between the two profiles suggests the spacial variability of these layers.