Steamboat & Flat Tops

Avalanche

Spencer Thomson · Jan 9, 2019 · Steamboat & Flat Tops

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Weather

15 degrees Fahrenheit, 1/4 cloud cover, low winds

Snowpack

135 cm deep. Slabs broke at the 95 layer (40cm down) and the 65 layer (70cm down) both were sudden planer cracks. The colum test showed a break at the 95 layer on the first tap from the wrist or ctm 11, this layer also broke with a step on the rouche block test. The 65 layer broke on the 6th tap from the shoulder or cth:26 this layer also broke on the rouche block when kicked. Whomphs and cracks could be obseeved on the entire skin in. Pit at 9925 feet S aspect 23 degree slope.

Avalanche

None