Poster: A snowHead
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Remember guys, that if the promised dump does happen in many resorts in the next two or three days, then it's going to make for very high risk avalanche conditions, with lots of new snow sitting on a compacted and hardened base layer.
So if you are out in the mountains in the next couple of weeks, then please be careful.
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Thu 8-02-07 9:23; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Kramer wrote: |
with lots of new snow sitting on a compacted and hardened base . |
Or a warm wet bare hill . The snow has nothing to bond to & is potentially lethal.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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thanks for warning
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Have just spoken to a friend in St Anton, he says that their guide is hoping they don't get a large dump as this would make off piste very unsafe with the base being as it is.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Yup - at least let a few days go by before even attempting a route assessment.
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kartman, True
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Strangely the avalanche warnings for the Valais region of Switzerland are only 2 in the North and 3 in the South. Thought they might be higher given recent snowfall
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Remember that 3 is Considerable Risk, that is human triggered avalanches are probable and that Moderate (2/5) means human triggered avalanches are possible, also bear in mind that the majority of avalanche accidents occur at risk 2 or 3 in Switzerland so neither risk level is to be taken lightly.
You then have to consider that between 25-50cm of snow has fallen, which is not a major amount and without too much wind so the principal risk (I imagine, without looking at the bulletin for the Valais) is going to be from some new soft slabs on north facing slopes above 2500m where there are some weak layers in the snowpack or ice crusts and also from some old slabs being overloaded by the new snow. The old snow was well consolidated on south sector slopes - practically hard neve so the risk would be from sluffing as there are some breaks and sunlight this afternoon. The unconsolidated snow that caused the avalanche events in early Jan has also been washed out by the rain to 2200-2500m during January.
As ever the devil is in the detail or as Claude Rey once said, globally things are good, locally there is a risk of death.
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davidof, excellent post. Last year Skiing off piste in St Anton, although the risk was set at 2 our guide rated a particular pitch at risk 4.
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The Resuse company,s and Hospital just love it when they Post 3
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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St Anton
Yesterday they opened Matun Bowl unusually early after a snowstorm (needs time to settle down) Unfortunatly they had to close it later due to a Avalanche. Im not sure if anyone wa caught uo in it.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Could of been the one, there not much detail on the location i.e weather inbound (Mattun is inbound) or outbound (Ski Area). There are Avalanches all the time outbound.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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