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The Importance of Tracking Early Season Weak Layers in the Snowpack… How Long do They Persist?

This video and text was originally published on the Utah Avalanche Center website This is a presentation from Utah Avalanche Center director Mark Staples on tracking early season snow and how it may form persistent weak layers as well as how those layers heal. It’s October and it’s snowing in the mountains. Early season snow is exciting, but it can […]
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74 Human-Triggered Avalanches in Colorado in 6 Days | Extremely Weak Snowpack For Much of State Right Now

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Friends of CAIC (@friendsofcaic) With much of the inter-mountain West being dry in regards to precipitation for the first part of this winter, snow instabilities have formed. The snowpack is weak in a lot of places—and dangerous. Especially in Colorado. Related: The SnowBrains Podcast – Episode #4 – What’s […]
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Avalanche Danger in Tahoe = Many Weak Layers | Full Report:

The Sierra Avalanche Center is reporting finding multiple weak layers in the Lake Tahoe snowpack. We know that we are all fired up to get out there and get some of this new powder snow, but lets all be intelligent and conservative out there. If there are multiple weak layers in the snowpack, it’s time to be very conservative. Widespread areas of CONSIDERABLE avalanche danger exist near and above treeline on NW-N-NE-E-SE aspects 30 […]
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