Detailed Observation
Date | 2021-04-15 |
Location | Valdez |
Observer | Gareth Brown |
Avalanche | N |
General Observations
4/15 Cracked Ice up to 6200′- W-N aspects, Overcast becoming partly cloudy. occasional snow.
Collapsing: No
Shooting cracks: No
Avalanches: Small wet loose activity on steep low elevation slopes.
Found 15 cms of moist new snow atop a pencil hard wind board below 3000′ . At 5000′ found 60 cms of moist/dry storm snow that was slightly upside down atop a pencil hard wind board. Pit results produced ECTN 15 and ECTP15 down 35 cms on a density change within the storm snow on two separate tests. New snow/old interface was not reactive even though .5-1mm near surface facets existed beneath the 4/9 windboard. At 6000′ 70 cms of storm snow was observed with the same snow density that was present at 5000′.