Slab Avalanches Human triggered examples

Slab Avalanches Human triggered examples

[@zbutler3111]

Its about to snow in north texas for the first time in 10 years so I'm watching this in preparation

[@noiseforthealgorithm4668]

did you make it alive?

[@zbutler3111]

@@noiseforthealgorithm4668 I did! I think we got 10 inches of snow. It was weird, almost everyone in my town lost power for days except a couple streets in my neighborhood, including mine. My job paid me for the 4 days we were closed. All in all I had a nice Canadian vacation in Texas lol That was only my 2nd experience with actual snow in Texas in my life

[@noiseforthealgorithm4668]

@@zbutler3111 lol sounds great :)

[@MatMabee]

@@zbutler3111 Snowed twice whilst my family and I visited Phoenix almost a decade ago. We didn't have a single thing ready and parts of town felt shut down

[@s1mo]

I would be triggered af too if the beautiful snow I was skiing on started to disgregate under my feet

[@Benzknees]

Saw just this when a guide hit a large cornice repeatedly with his ski pole, and noting it did not break away told my group it'd be okay to ski the couloir below. Which was 35-40° with no obvious islands of safety. With snow wind deposited 2-3 days earlier over an much older weathered layer. My mate was the first one in, and I suggested he cut the slope first if he wanted to ski it. He did & the whole thing went, fortunately without taking him with it. Only a surface slide, maybe 6" deep, but it could have carried him into exposed rocks either side of the couloir. The lesson is don't rely on others, even mountain guides, to judge conditions. Get educated & make your own informed decisions.

[@noiseforthealgorithm4668]

I really hope one day we will develop a technology to determine avalanches with a very high accuracy

[@leonardmilcin7798]

They already are. Based on weather conditions they can already predict when there is high risk of avalanche. Slabs like this form in specific conditions -- you have relatively firm top with a layer below that is very loose and another firm layer below that that forms a table on which the top level can slide. Just watching weather over time (temperature, sun exposure, amount and type of snowfall, etc.) is enough to predict avalanche conditions. This is as easy to predict as it gets. Most accidents are due to people not checking for the advice and avalanche risk information rather than our inability to predict avalanche conditions. In some places, after they have predicted avalanche conditions, they even set these avalanches proactively so that tourists don't trigger them.

[@fartsoundeffect5013]

why?

[@noiseforthealgorithm4668]

@@fartsoundeffect5013 so people don’t die?

[@josephastier7421]

0:52 Bullet, meet rifle barrel.

[@staffanbergstrom2265]

Shit, some of these are really scary to look at

[@marcussg0813]

1.05 he knows What to do man

[@ski6712]

i have seen these slabs go on quite a shallow slope angle and take you down.

[@destinylewis6680]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! Slab avalanches!!!!!!!

[@star.bunnies.]

wth, this isnt awesome to be in. it looks cool tho or was that a joke