Manning alpine

<p>Dug a pit in the Manning alpine, east of the ski hill, on S-SW facing slope roughly 30 degrees. Sun crust on the surface. Two other thin crusts in the first 4-5cm of snow - were quite reactive and slid on the cutting of the block for the column test. The mid January crust was quite obvious, about 45 cm down. It popped on the 4th medium tap on column test. It was the interface between the bottom of the crust and the snow below that slid, and once it popped it slid quite easily. Of significant note, there was a very thin layer 25cm down thst was not apparent on visual or tactile examination. This layer, however, popped on the same 4th medium tap as the mid-January layer below. This mystery layer was also quite slidey and of much concern as it propagated across the whole study area on a quick modified rutschblock test (2nd jump). See pic. We were unsure what this layer was from and it wasn't in any forecasts that we saw, so decided to play it conservative.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Dense trees.

Terrain Avoided

Sunny slopes.

Snow Conditions

Crusty, Powder.

Weather Conditions

Windy, Sunny.