Back of Oboe (Musical Bumps)
Snowpacktodd_allison · Feb 29, 2020 · Spearhead
Quick report
- Weather
- windy, cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSound
20cm fresh, generally supportive crust 40cm down (observed on descent). While touring back up Oboe on the gentle slope (15 degrees), the snowpack seemed hollow (1900m approx). There were two occassions when the crust me around collapsed but didn't fracture. We were on a very gentle slope and there was low consequence. We spaced, kept off convex rolls, observed each other and "tip toed" out.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -9
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedModerate
- Blowing Snow
- light
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- Snowfall Rate
- 1
- New Snow24 Hours
- 21
- Storm Start Date
- 2020-02-28T07:00:00.000Z
- Storm Snow Amount
- 20
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Storm came in later in the day, intensified with wind and variable snow (flakes to pellets).
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- E, NE
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 2000
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Foot Penetration
- 30
- Test Failure Depth
- 40
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- facets, newSnow
- Whumpfing Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- crust
CT22 down 40cm RP on a crust. CTVE @ 65cm down on ice crust. Broke on cut.