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Snow Science Against the Avalanche (2020)

by jsomers on 1/8/22, 10:31 AM with 12 comments

• by 0x38B on 1/9/22, 6:32 AM

  For an educational, gripping account of an avalanche from the perspective of the victims and the rescuers, check out Rescue at Cherry Bowl (1).

  "In March of 2013, four friends from Whitehorse, Yukon, made the 1200 km road trip south to Shames Mountain, BC. With fresh snow and clearing skies, they embarked on a week-long adventure exploring the area’s backcountry. Four days in, on a bluebird day in Cherry Bowl, their trip came to an abrupt end."

  1: https://avalanche.ca/cherry-bowl/

• by GainKnowHow on 1/9/22, 5:43 PM

  I live in Summit County Colorado. Rule of thumb: Don't go anywhere with greater than a 30 degree slope. I use the CalTopo app that has a layer that shows the areas greater than 30 degrees.

• by s5300 on 1/9/22, 6:39 AM

  I wonder if there’s money to be made in the application of ML/NN’s for an app that uses your phone camera to tell if snowfall on a slope is within avalanche conditions, along with an unmanned drone that’s able to drop a cannonball or whatever to induce the avalanche pingable from the app…