Quick report
- Aspect
- Northwest
- Red Flags
- Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 2438 m
- Slope Angle
- 28°
Total height of snow was 41" (105cm). Extended column tests with no propagation. Compression tests showed a weakness at 32" (80cm) from the ground. In this location the surface snow was weaker than the facets near the ground and on a steeper slope just below the pit I was able to get dry loose avalanches in the surface facets.
Photo of dry loose faceted surface snow. Northwest aspect 8,000'.
Snowpack
Damp snow surface below 9,000' with east facing surfaces starting to turn to the freeze part of a melt freeze crust in the afternoon even with warm temperatures.