Log Cabin

<p>Went for a quick run at log cabin our way back from feather peak. It was -3 deg C moderate south west wind. and We dug a pit at 1300M north east aspect lookers right of the cutline just above treeline. It seems that most of the snow that fell in last week has been blown away from the log cabin slope or is below some kind of rain/ thermal crust. We observed: 140cm snow depth. 15cm of soft storm snow on top of a 50 mm thick pencil hard crust. This crust consisted of ice mixed with air pockets. rough surface top and bottom. On top of some older storm snow, on top of a supportive mid pack. The only layer we could find in mid pack was 110cm below the surface and it appeared to be a thin layer of surface hoar or facets. below this layer was more compacted midpack on top of 40cm of facets to the ground. None of these layers seemed to be very reactive in this pit. The layer 110cm below the surface did not fail on the CT but failed when I pushed my shovel behind the column and wedged it forward. When this layer did fail it dropped and slid in a planer like fashion. We also observed what looked like a natural size 2 avalanche from sometime in the last week on the steep north east slope to the west of the typical log cabin ski slopes.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Mellow slopes, Open trees.

Terrain Avoided

Steep slopes.

Snow Conditions

Crusty, Wind affected.

Weather Conditions

Windy, Cloudy.