Warm wet day
Quick reportsaxon.g · Dec 4, 2023 · Spearhead
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, windy, wet, cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- wet, heavy
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound, avalancheConditionTemp
AST2 field day with Eric Vezeau Shooting cracks observed on NE 35deg test slope off Pikas
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedStrong
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Wind Direction
- SE
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- mixedSnowRain
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NE
- Cracking Observed
- 1
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Whumpfing Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- crust, facets
Various hand shears showed easy-moderate failures down ~50cm on N NW NE aspects