Lucille
Snowpackdansoicher · Dec 8, 2016 · McBride
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, sunny
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, sunnySlopes, openTrees, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder, windAffected
Dug a pit on an East facing slope @ 2,034m HS 105cm 45cm of recent storm snow reasonably well bonded Nov crust was 80cm down and we got a CTH7 sudden collapse We stayed off wind loaded slopes, windslabs were present and we saw a couple approx. size 1.5 slides on lee slopes just below ridgecrest
Snowpack
- Depth
- 105
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- E
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 2034
- Ski Penetration
- 30
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Foot Penetration
- 50
- Sled Penetration
- 15
- Test Failure Depth
- 80
- Site Elevation Band
- alp, tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets
I am by no means a qualified professional. We believe that what we saw was a sudden collapse on the Nov crust @ H7 on two CT's in the same pit. There is definetly a crust down there with a thin (finger thickness) soft layer on top (facets maybe?)