Black Queen

We went for a tour down Black Queen and into the Burn. Decided to dig a pit before dropping into the steeper section of the East aspect on Black Queen. After a sudden planar result on both CT and ECT down 70cm (likely the December 17th surface hoar layer), we decided to opt for lower angle. The December 26th rain crust was about 4cm thick on this elevation, but did not seem to have much of a bridging effect on our tests.

Did a CT & ECT on East aspect of Black Queen at 2070m elevation. CTE5(RP) down 20cm and CTM7(SP) down 70cm. ECTM8(SP) down 70cm. Both the Compression test and Extended Column Test likely failed on the December 17th surface hoar layer.