Pine Pass/Powder King
SnowpackJasper Visitor Safety · Dec 21, 2016 · Pine Pass
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -8
- Max Temp
- -2
- Min Temp
- -11
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- light
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Wind Direction
- SW
- New Snow24 Hours
- 0
- Storm Start Date
- 2016-12-17T19:00:00.000Z
- Storm Snow Amount
- 30
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
- Precipitation24 Hours
- 0
Snowpack
- Depth
- 110
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- NE
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 1500
- Ski Penetration
- 20
- Test Initiation
- easy
- Foot Penetration
- 70
- Test Failure Depth
- 40
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Whumpfing Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets
Many whompfs on the way to peak of Powder King. 30cm new snow in the past 3 days has been affected by moderate to strong SW winds forming sensitive slab conditions on northerly treeline and alpine terrain features. The new snow and slabs sit atop 25cm of sugar garbage facets. This problem is unlikely to go away any time soon.