Cloudy becoming clear, light winds
Observation: Summit
Location: Manitoba
Standard uptrack to ~3500ft. Soft surface snow, around 15cm in the main bowl and down to treeline overlying a supportable layer.
Weather
Snow surface
Surface Hoar on top of soft snow. Surface hoar became slightly smaller with elevation - see pictures
Snowpack
~3400ft elevation, west facing, 28 degree slope. HS 290cm - seemed to be a leeward location
CT8 @ 7cm (very soft slab)
CT11 @ 10cm
CT21 @ 45cm on BSH
Surface Hoar at 3400ft
Surface Hoar at ~2000ft
Glide avalanche and other glide cracks on the south facing slope, north of manitoba