Avalanche Activity
• 6. Mar. During the day (+01:00) • No avalanche activity
Weather
• No precipitation • -1 °C
Snow Cover
• 140 cm • Some snow drift • 0 cm • Near surface facets • Dry • Bad • Thin layer of NSF formed over the last few days from fluctuating day and night temperatures. Mostly hard wind slab with a few sheltered areas of loose unbound snow.
Tests
• CTM11@8cm(Q3) • Good • Broke on buried wind slab overlying soft DF layer
• CTM13@41cm(Q2) • Medium • Broke below Mf crust on layer of rounded facets.
Snow Profile
• N • 32° • 2 tests connected to snow profile • Persistent weak layer: thin layer, below slab, near surface • 9 temperature points observed
Avalanche Problems
• Dry slab avalanche • Buried weak layer of faceted snow beneath a crust • Within half a meter • A big and identifiable crystal in the weak layer. • Difficult to trigger • 3 - Large • Some steep slopes N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
Avalanche Danger Assessment
• Possible to trigger large avalanches where the snowpack is thin. Convexes and changes in terrain are the most dangerous. • Mild weather will continue to stabilise the layer of interest. No TG observed leaving favourable conditions. • 2 Moderate • Forecast correct