Slabs moving on Jan 5th surface hoar

Published

Jan 30th, 2017 6:52 AM

cdnmoose11

Purcells

Details

Type

snowpack

Coordinates

54.841861, -127.798761

Quick Observation

Second photo shows a cohesive slab released during our snowpack test.... lots of energy, slid very quickly. See SNOWPACK heading for more details.

Snowpack

Extended column test, full propagation on the first hard tap (21). Lots of energy as it slid quickly on well preserved surface hoar (3-5mm). [ECTP 21 ; dn 55cm on SH 3-5mm)