billclimbs Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 (edited) Took a trip up the SS saturday and was miffed to find only about 4 other people. At dawn there were several booms as they unleashed some snow(seemed close by) Got to the hogsback and decided the area by the old chute looked too unstable. 1-2 feet of powder. Is that area prone to avy' Edited March 29, 2010 by billclimbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maine-iac Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 Yes. Check the angle; prime for sliding!! Come springtime i've seen lots of sluff slides from that area and west crater rim area. Most people dig their pits on the hogsback which is bad because it is a completely different aspect (unless you are only checking for layer failures because of snow, not slope/aspect) Looks like it would have been a brilliant blower day coming down from the summit(!!!) but wise not to risk it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letsroll Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 was up there on sat as well. Much later. Suprised to see not tracks up the old chute but happy there were none. If I had a buddie up there I "might have risked it." But I was solo. However I ran into two guys that seemed hell bent on getting to the top. Very late in the day, they were slow, and the avi. Gave my thougths on it and got the heck out of there. A PMR guy was not too far behind them. Hope he talked them out of it. Oh by the way, the turns were great from Hogs down to the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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