Valemountain Caribous

Published

Nov 27th, 2020 6:19 PM

Frozen Pirate

Kootenay Boundary

Details

Type

snowpack

Coordinates

52.729940, -119.326260

Quick Observation

Very limited travel today. Logging roads and access trails to 1950m. Up to 50cms of HST, light to moderate sw winds. HST unconsolidated and still very fluffy. Crust down 85cms with 1-2mm facets below. AT -3 at 1300hrs 1900m. Caution windslab development in open alp and treeline.

Snowpack

Test profile. 1950. East asp. 20degrees. HS130 55cm fist on top of midpack increasing in firmness to crust below. Early Nov crust (2cm) down 85cm degrading with facets above and below. No results on crust Repeated Hard, SC results on wet, basal facets/ground