Observation Date: 01/09/2021
Route/Location:
We were travelling up past bench near creek on the “local skin track” utilizing the ridgelette looker’s left of Main Bowl. Above us is the ridge that runs south to north and across the valley is the actual Stonewall mountain.
Weather:
Sky: Few
Temps: -5 C
Wind:
Calm to light from West. Cornices on ridge above.
New Snow: 0-3″
Avalanche Activity:
Other Comments:
While we had no sudden results in our CTs we had previously identified through hand hardness tests the layer that failed on our ECT after 30 taps. See snow profile for details. It was an ECTP30, down 60 cms from surface on depth hoar. The second image is from a nearby pit on a East aspect with no ECT results.
Observer: Jane Quinn