“We have these very weak layers that have been making avalanches for almost three weeks now,” Andrew Schauer said.
is warning people against visiting higher elevations in the Turnagain Pass region over the weekend due to avalanche danger.
Andrew Schauer, the lead forecaster at the CNFAIC, said there’s still considerable avalanche danger at higher elevations, even though the weather has quieted down from last month. Schauer said that as a rule of thumb, areas with thinner layers of snowpack are the most dangerous. “We have these very weak layers that have been making avalanches for almost three weeks now,” Schauer said. “And even though there’s not a whole lot going on weather-wise, it’s still a dangerous setup. And last weekend was very similar. It was a quiet weather weekend, and there were a ton of human-triggered avalanches.”Schauer compared the layers of snow to a layer cake. Currently, the weaker layers are buried underneath the stronger layers.
“Right now we have one of those stronger layers sitting on top of one of those weaker layers,” Schauer said. “And that’s what’s causing these problems.”“Right now, all of us are keeping it very mellow, sticking to low-angle terrain and avoiding some of these bigger, steeper slopes that are more fun to play around on, but we just don’t have the confidence in snowpack to justify it,” Schauer said.
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