Just Enough to Hide the Sharks
Quick reportseankcam · Dec 10, 2023 · Jordan
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, cutBlocks
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow
Exploratory mission in the Bonningtons. Found rocks hiding just below the melt/freeze layer from the Dec 6 monsoon rain event. The fresh show was just enough to hide them. Watch for the sharks!
Snowpack
- Depth
- 125
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NE
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 1990
- Ski Penetration
- 30
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Foot Penetration
- 40
- Sled Penetration
- 40
- Test Failure Depth
- 65
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- surfaceHoar
35cm fresh snow on top of melt/freeze from rain event. Storm snow was fairly well bonded to this layer. Dec 1 surface hoar down about 65cm. CTE 5 down 15cm - planar in mid storm interface between storms. CTM 15 down 65cm - collapse on Dec SH layer. Could pull the upper column off in one chunk.