Volcanoes make for stripy snowpacks

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Started by Admin in Avalanche Safety 08-Jul-2011 - 2 Replies

Admin posted Jul-2011

An interesting report on Explorersweb describes analysis of a snowpack with a difference; the result of the June eruptions of the Chilean volcano Puyehue.

French avalanche specialist Cedric Larcher, who lives in Bariloche, close to the volcano, made an analysis of this snowpack. Compression tests, ECT and rutshblocks gave a good stability.

Image (c) by Cedric Larcher

For the full report, and more pictures, click here.

The Admin Man

Andymol2
reply to 'Volcanoes make for stripy snowpacks' posted Jul-2011

Looks like a giant humbug!

Andy M

Bandit
reply to 'Volcanoes make for stripy snowpacks' posted Jul-2011

I was thinking more along the lines of an oversize Vienetta 8)

Topic last updated on 21-July-2011 at 15:36