AST 2 course snowpack summary

Snowpack

Site Aspect

SW

Test Fracture

resistant

Test Initiation

moderate

Test Failure Depth

60

Surface Conditions

facets, crust, newSnow

Test Failure Layer Crystal Types

facets, crust

CT20 Mod. Failed over resistant planar. Did not slide out but compacted at the faceted snow with resistance to coming out. ECTN18 Mod. No propagation was observed. 4F above October 20th faceted layer and 1F at the faceted layer. Observed weak layers in the slab layer above the faceted layer that compacted but did not slide at CT8 Easy.