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Here, you see Trent and I getting terrified by avalanches in the Big Cottonwood Canyon backcountry. Watch carefully.
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Propagation Saw Test (PST) 1. 30cm cross slope and 100cm upslope. If weak layer is deeper than 100cm, the length should be equal to the layer depth. 2. Isolate the column at the front and one side by digging in the snow, by cord cut the back and remaining side. All walls should be vertical and cut. 3. Identify the weak layer, then insert the blunt edge of the saw at the front of the column. 4. The propagating fracture will either reach the end…
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A local snowmobiler and his wife set out for an afternoon of low angle riding on March 4th 2012. Planning to stick to mellow terrain they left their avalanche rescue gear in the rig. As they pulled up to Hoyt Peak they met another group they knew and started climbing a steep east facing slope. Tyson was the sixth track on the slope when it broke above him. He tried to throttle off the slab but got thrown from his machine and held onto the bumper,…
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