Utah Avalanche Center

Surface hoar was an obvious stripe. It was buried on Jan 2 for reference. I'm not sure why it didn't propagate in tests. There was no cracking observed on any layer during slope cuts and other informal tests.

ECTP at 80 cm was result of 1+ hard layer on top of 4+ softer layer but no facets. There was a stripe in the pit wall of surface hoar and near surface facets and a crust, but this layer would not break. The bottom 50 cm of the pit was layers of mostly 1F and pencil hardness.

ECTP at 80 was result of 1+ hard layer on top of 4+ softer layer but not facets that conern me. There was a stripe in the pit wall of surface hoar and near surface facets and a crust but this layer would not break. The bottome 50 cm of the pit was layers of mostly 1 finger and Pencil hardness.

This was the weakest snow that I could find. Snowmobile tracks covered many slopes. Wind drifts were glued on and did not crack or move. Other shaded and sheltered slopes at a similar elevation show no signs of instability. Even sidehilling above other tracks did not produce cracks.

pit location had no wind loading, but wind loading was prevalent on all exposed aspects.

Only dug 85cm down.