Video thats pretty insane!
Started By dennisz780, Nov 04 2011 11:53 AM
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Posted 04 November 2011 - 11:53 AM
Pretty insane vid if you ask me!
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Posted 04 November 2011 - 04:39 PM
I've seen that one before - it's a good one. Slab avalanches are scary, a lot of snow all moving at the same time, he's lucky he was pointed down hill when it let go.
Thing is I bet 99.9% of us would have hit that same slope, that doesn't look like new snow. The only contributing factors I can see from the video are evidence of wind and southern exposure and the slope angle. There was obviously a weak under layer.
I've seen several of those exact same conditions let go before, wind blown/loaded slopes, I'll have to catalog that memory in the olé gray matter for future reference.
Thing is I bet 99.9% of us would have hit that same slope, that doesn't look like new snow. The only contributing factors I can see from the video are evidence of wind and southern exposure and the slope angle. There was obviously a weak under layer.
I've seen several of those exact same conditions let go before, wind blown/loaded slopes, I'll have to catalog that memory in the olé gray matter for future reference.
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Posted 04 November 2011 - 06:53 PM
Scary "edit for bad language" for sure. I totally agree with everything you said ID.
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Posted 28 December 2011 - 10:38 PM
That would be scary for sure
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Posted 02 January 2012 - 04:03 AM
good one, glad no one got hurt
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Posted 02 January 2012 - 04:03 AM
good one, glad no one got hurt
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Posted 29 January 2012 - 05:12 AM
What a "view"!
Lucky timing, wonder what the outcome would have been if it would have let go on the way up?
Lucky timing, wonder what the outcome would have been if it would have let go on the way up?
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