Snowpack

Doane Creek

Dustin Buffington/ Trevor VornSierra Madre
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Quick report

Cracking
isolated
Collapsing
widespread

While making our observations we observed a concerning slab at 50cm. While performing an Extended Column Test, we did observe a fracture propagation across the full column width giving it an ECTP22@50CM. It should also be noted, we got an ECTN14@85cm indicating the possibility of the new snow layer to be weak. We also performed a Compression test and found that weak layer again at 85cm (CTM16@85cm). Given the findings, caution should be exercised with incoming snowstorms and hill climbing on slopes greater than 30 degrees.

Weather

Air Temp
32
Cloud Cover
broken
Wind Loading
previous

Snowpack

Snow is starting to pile up. The snowpack at the site location is 117cm on a SE aspect at 9800' with multiple layers ranging from F- to 1F+. The layer of most concern is at 50cm (1f-1F+) and another concerning layer at 85cm (F- to F)