Burstall Pass
WeatherDavid Murray · Nov 28, 2020 · Spray - KLakes
Quick report
- Weather
- windy, cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Good
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected, powder
No natural or skier triggered Avy activity noted. Wind was up and transporting snow still. Dug one pit at 2310 metres on a N facing slope. HS - 90cm ECTP12 was our result. It failed on top of the rain crust - planar. The crust is about 10cms thick, sitting on 15 cm of facets to the ground. There are 5 cms of facets above the crust. From there up it’s mostly 1f to 4f to the top. The crust is extremely hard - we first thought it was the ground. Despite that we found good turns on low angled sheltered slopes. 20 or so people were out.
Snowpack
Dug one pit at 2310 metres on a N facing slope. HS - 90cm ECTP12 was our result. It failed on top of the rain crust - planar. The crust is about 10cms thick, sitting on 15 cm of facets to the ground. There are 5 cms of facets above the crust. From there up it’s mostly 1f to 4f to the top. The crust is extremely hard - we first thought it was the ground.