Northwest Avalanche Center

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Observation Details

Observation Date:
February 27, 2021
Submitted:
March 1, 2021
Zone or Region:
East Central
Activity:
Skiing/Snowboarding
Location:
Hex Mountain

Signs of Unstable Snow

Did you see shooting cracks? 
No
Did you experience collapsing or whumpfing? 
Yes, Isolated

Observations

4800', SSE Aspect, HS 195. Recent storm snow appears to be well bonded to 2/22 crust, a small 1 cm crust ~ 30 cm down within the recent snow. January crust/facets 145 cm down, still sugary/weak, not excessively so. Compression test yielded some PC at CT3,6,20, no slab quality.

Skied the low angle trees all the way to the road, beautiful day out.

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