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French glacier approach

Published
Dec 28th, 2025 11:00 PM
haeden.ford
Spray - KLakes
Details

Type

quick

Coordinates

50.741828, -115.318606

Quick Observation
Attempted to get onto the French glacier today. Dug a pit once in the alpine and decided to turn around due to the avalanche conditions and wind.
Snowpack
Did a single isolated column compression test on a west aspect 22 degree slope. Pit depth was 130cm with snow pack depth at pit location of 260cm. After 8 medium taps we had a Non-planar break at 35cm. Decided to continue the test as I thought a different layer would go and after two more medium taps we had a Sudden planar break at 50cm. Continued with the hard taps and was not able to get the remaining column to collapse.