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- From: eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya)
- Subject: Re: Deep slab instability in Sierra?
- References: <21743@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> <1993Jan25.074607.9179@netcom.com> <1993Jan26.201010.29609@delfin.com>
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 22:01:50 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.201010.29609@delfin.com> mark@delfin.com writes:
- >Anyone dug a snow pit recently. Normally, I don't worry too much about
- >deep slab instability in the Sierra but with that amount of snow and the
- >speed with which it came down I wonder if there aren't a few weak layers
- >way down there.
-
- I was hoping to dig one this past weekend in Sequoia, but work intervened.
- There are at least two layers I have recorded which I worry about, but
- the rain is another factor. I will probably dig one either this coming
- weekend (if I don't split to Alta instead) or next week while I am skiing with
- the glaciologists). Of course your region will vary.
-
- --eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov
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