ScottN wrote: Welcome to an intercontinental snowpack. It's like this every year.
Actually, to be totally snow-nerd correct, Colorado has a Continental snowpack....
Skier triggered avalanche in Clinton Gulch
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Re: Skier triggered avalanche in Clinton Gulch
Actually, to be totally snow-nerd correct, Colorado has a Continental snowpack....
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Re: Skier triggered avalanche in Clinton Gulch
Looks like even ESPN is taking notice of the snowy October here in Colorado. I thought it was a decent article worth sharing:
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Tim Mutrie wrote:In Colorado, avalanche fatalities—going by the statistics—are always a matter of when, not if. But this season is feeling particularly ominous. Maybe two or three seasons of relative stability are working to re-write institutional memory about Colorado snowpack: Some of the least predictable and most fragile in the world.
All these incidents so far are at high elevation—because that's where the snow is. And they're all northeast aspects, places where the snow's gonna stick around and be windloaded. And in all but a few incidents they've found weak layers right above the ground on an ice crust. So a very classic weak layer with snow drifted in on top of it; that's been common in at least three incidents. --- Spencer Logan
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- Alpinism and mountaineering are not restricted to 14,000 foot mountains
- Judgment and experience are the two most important pieces of gear you own
- Being honest to yourself and others about your abilities is a characteristic of experienced climbers
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Re: Skier triggered avalanche in Clinton Gulch
It's funny, I actually couldnt remember and I googled to confirm. I blame the internet!Hacksaw wrote:ScottN wrote: Welcome to an intercontinental snowpack. It's like this every year.
Actually, to be totally snow-nerd correct, Colorado has a Continental snowpack....
