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Big snow dumps and longer term avalanche risk?
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I know that if you get a seriously big dump of snow, it can often mean acute avalanche danger short term. What effect does it have longer term, though, on the stability of the snowpack? So, let's say a metre of snow fell in 24 hours. What would the effect of that be on the snowpack in 2 weeks time?
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A snowHead on Mon 22-02-16 19:44; edited 1 time in total
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It depends on the weather, both before and after.
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@J2R
, its impossible to say, as
@kieranm
, says, it depends on numerous factors. An avalanche risk score can change without the addition of fresh snow.
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A deeper snowpack is likely to reduce temperature gradient which can help make things safer but in itself it doesn't mean anything to longer term stability. So many factors influence snow stability.... Difficult to say but certainly in the short term makes things dodgy.
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