sunvalleylaw
January 24th, 2010, 01:08 PM
Check out this vid on how the snow pack has developed this year. Note the extremely large slab of new snow over the top of very early October snow that became very "sugary" and unstable during a very dry and extremely cold late fall/early winter.
http://www.youtube.com/user/sawtoothavalanche#p/a/u/0/qVEGb-8VhlQ
A man died inbounds on Baldy the other day when some of this stuff broke loose from above him, while he was on the side of a north east facing slope. The powder skiing is great right now, but it is time to be very careful about where you go.
Just sharing this vid because it is pretty interesting how it all works. When I was in the Pacific Northwest growing up, we did not typically get these layers. There was avalanche danger at times, but more when the snow got so heavy and wet that it just fell down. This stuff out here is altogether different.
http://www.youtube.com/user/sawtoothavalanche#p/a/u/0/qVEGb-8VhlQ
A man died inbounds on Baldy the other day when some of this stuff broke loose from above him, while he was on the side of a north east facing slope. The powder skiing is great right now, but it is time to be very careful about where you go.
Just sharing this vid because it is pretty interesting how it all works. When I was in the Pacific Northwest growing up, we did not typically get these layers. There was avalanche danger at times, but more when the snow got so heavy and wet that it just fell down. This stuff out here is altogether different.