Observation: Public
Observation Details
Observation Date:
February 27, 2021Submitted:
March 1, 2021Zone or Region:
East CentralActivity:
Skiing/SnowboardingLocation:
Hex MountainSigns of Unstable Snow
Did you see shooting cracks?
NoDid you experience collapsing or whumpfing?
Yes, IsolatedObservations
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.