Blowmidon Nature Trail

A quick visit to the Blow Me Downs. Our first field day of the season for the program:) Good coverage overall, variable in surface conditions due to winds. Snow depths of 50-100 cm at lower elevations and in the woods. Lots of evidence of strong winds, and the transport of the new snow over the last 24 hours. We found reactive wind slab on smaller East facing features. Our test showed soft slabs failing 20-30 cm deep, on a thin weak layer within the new storm snow. Our extended column test showed propagation in the easy range. Strong winds, snow blowing and active loading in alpine start zones. Very little snow on the move at mid and lower elevations. No natural avalanches observed.