“First skier descended slope without incident. Second skier did a hard ski cut really pushing with his legs and triggered the avalanche. The debris ran over our skin track. We did go one at a time though that area but it seemed solid. We were heading to the looker’s left area shot Eback, but did not like the layers and dropped over to this area, I did a hasty pit and it seemed okay, clearly it was not.”
“Snowpit tests performed yesterday on the crown of the Dec 13 skier triggered avalanche near Elephant’s Back (Carson Pass area) indicated that the weak layer of lower density storm snow at the base of the wind slab was still reactive at that location. Otherwise, many slope scale assessments performed in a variety of areas over this past weekend yielded no evidence of instability.” SAC
These guys are the best. They go out and film themselves assessing avalanche conditions in the Tahoe area and publish the vids just because they are all about spreading the knowledge. They need as much exposure as we can get them and anyone with this kind of knowledge shouldn’t be bashful about publishing similar videos.
photo from SNOWBRAINS.com