None observed. Upper elevation wind stiffened snow had localized cracking
Observation: Summit
Location: Manitoba
Toured up the standard Manitoba route to 3400′ just below the final bump up to summit.
***Snow noticeably started to pickup at Johnson Pass on the way back to Turnagain and began to snow 1″/hr around 5 pm
Observer Comments
Weather
Overcast with periods of completely obscured mixed pockets of good vis.
Very light snow
Moderate easterly winds
Temps in the teens and low 20Fs
Snow surface
Trace of new snow over soft settled snow
Above treeline the snow was wind effected and a variable mix of hard wind crust, stiff drifts and soft snow
Snowpack
1100' - 2000': 3"-1' of loose faceting snow over a melt freeze crust on the ground
2000' - 2500' 1-2' of loose faceting snow over a melt freeze crust with larger grain facets/melt forms on a melt freeze crust at ground some area have pockets of wind crust
2500' - 3400' 2-3' of snow (See pit photo) Buried surface hoar was found 20 cm down. There is still moist snow on the ground. This may have something to do with the glide avalanches.
Motorized lot @ 11 am
Manitoba up track 1800'
Snow depth 2200'
Looking up Manitoba 2500'
Snow depth 2700' wind crust over facets
Snow pit 3100'
ECT failure bed surface and buried surface hoar
Thin coverage in a north chute
Motorized lot @ 4 pm