Avalanche Updates

This blog provides updates on avalanche incidents and other news that I hope will be of educational value to my avalanche safety course students. In the summer and fall I'll shift the focus a bit to SAR topics for my Mountain Travel & Rescue students. I'll also toss in some springtime beta on Presidentials ski conditions. (And of course I probably won't be able to resist the occasional Micayla snow-related picture...)

Thursday, April 12, 2012

"Facet Saga Continues"

Some really eye-popping stability test videos of faceted layers from the Utah Avalanche Center:

http://utahavalanchecenter.org/observation_facet_saga_continues_4122012

In the screen capture below, the powdery looking layer to the right of the tester's saw is the layer of facets puffing out from the block as the fracture propagates.

Posted by Jonathan S. Shefftz at 9:12 PM
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