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Camp West

Published
Dec 28th, 2020 1:30 PM
Splitboarder
Glacier
Details

Type

quick

Coordinates

51.261600, -117.658230

Avalanche Information

Small release from just below an exposed half meter of stone/rock, while skiing down. Lower treeline elevation. SE aspect (approx). Gave skier a small push, but no incidents from it. Loose dry snow character.

Snowpack

Sudden planar failure 55-60cm deep in the snowpack on moderate 7 compression. Failed on faceted snow, above the Dec 13th crust and other PWLs. No reactivity of deeper snow pack during continued compression analysis. Deeper layers were very dense/consolidated/chunky while shoveling.