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Wawa ridge pits

Published
Jan 31st, 2024 11:00 PM
cmurrayschlitt
Sunshine
Details

Type

quick

Coordinates

51.090113, -115.795861

Quick Observation
Skied up Wawa ridge to assess conditions and dug 3 pits. Widespread breakable crust, occasionally supportive to skis depending on aspect. Ski pen 10-20cm when breaking through crust. Foot pen to ground most places. Ski quality is terrible. Snowpack moist to base. Top 17-25cm 1F resistance moist slab composed of 1mm rounding facets. Fist resistance facets beneath. Compression tests, and extended column tests had easy-medium planar fractures on this layer in 2 of our pits. See attached snow profiles for more info. Base of snowpack still facets and large depth hoar with a couple weak crusts above.
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