Sugar! (Mount Bruce)

Published

Jan 7th, 2023 11:00 AM

Ira Elliott

East Purcell

Details

Type

quick

Coordinates

50.526230, -116.249650

Quick Observation

Conditions were okay at mount bruce today

Weather

Weather was perfect today

Snowpack

Dug two snowpits today. One at 1870m, and one at 1990m. Compression test 1: 1870m CTE4 SP Down 40cm on DH Compression test 2: 1990m CTE6 SP Fown 35cm on DH. Top of snowpack was firm powder. The bottom half was sugar. There was also a rain crust with 5cm of recent snow on top