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Observation: Huntington Canyon 2/10/2010

Observer Name:

Grant Helgeson

Region:

Huntington Canyon
Skyline

Observation Date:

02/10/2010

Primary Concern

Primary Concern:

Deep Slabs

Probability:

Moderate

Aspect:

North

Northeast

East

Elevation:

High

Mid

Trend:

Same

Primary Concern Comments:

Digging on Skyline ridge illistrated just how spatially variable (different all over the place) our snowpack is. There are places where you can still trigger a hard slab avalanche.

snow_profile_location:

Comments - Photos - Videos (group 1)

Steve preforms an ECT on Skyline ridge adjacent to an older (one week) hard slab avalanche.

Video 1:

Observed Danger Rating:

Moderate

Forecast Danger Rating:

Considerable