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Below Victoria Overlook, Hurricane Ridge

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Poor structure but low energy. Good stability. Pit revealed 50cm of saturated snow sitting on top of a stout (knife) crust 83cm from the ground. The 12cm 1F layer beneath this crust did not appear to be saturated. Almost no temperature gradient in the entire snowpack. I had a non-standard test result that caught my attention. Forgetting my cord in my car, I cleared the back of an ECT with a basketless ski pole. The block popped out in to my lap on the rain crust 50cms down. Very rough/broken surface to the point I called it non-planar despite it popping out during isolation. The block was very heavy (saturated).