Assessment of snow stability in a pit dug in the Brighton UT backcountry on January 26, 2007. Slope angle 31 degrees. General consensus among avalanche community is that avalanche danger is low-to-moderate. Video shows shearing of an ice lens buried about 60cm deep and overlaying sugar down to the ground. Narrating: Ryan Jordan, Backpacking Light Magazine (http://www.backpackinglight.com).
hooray for being responsible in the backcountry! when is the wasatch gonna get pounded?
provotrout 5 years ago