No Face Lift = Bigger Avalanches?
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Submitted by SnowValleyNews.ca on Sat, 02/01/2010 - 9:07pm.
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 Joined: 23-12-2006 |
Seems to me that without the face lift and its related traffic and the upper cat tracks that avalanches that run from the headwall will run bigger and farther into the bowls. No skier compaction and no break in the snow pack with the upper cat track roads could allow for wider propagation of avalanches, running farther and bigger into the upper portion of the skiable terrain What do you think? |
Joined: 11-11-2009
sure, then the patrol can just close lizard whenever it snows 4 cms as well as cedar and currie bowl. this will be good for them since they dont have enough patrols to cover the nountain as it is.
Joined: 16-06-2009
skier compaction on the face lift has nothing to do with avalanches. Avalanches start on the headwall and sometimes take the fans with them. Skier traffic on the headwall would be beneficial( a whole new topic), but that does not mitigate avi hazard. The ski hill gets skied hard every day, and every time it snows, avi's start in previously skied terrain. Case in point is the size 3 that came out of the rattler fans a few weeks ago that stepped down to an old rain crust. The skier compaction actually helped to form the hard slab that ended up failing.
The cat track from face to cedar sure slowed the slides down, but is irrelevant when it comes to opening or closing terrain.
Funny how the currie headwall opened last week for the first time since the '06-'07 season, yet only 10 people skied it. Let's hope that it opens more this season
Joined: 23-12-2006
I heard they were gonna put the haul back to the top of polar! that would be sweet!
I think the cat track (across lizard more than cedar) did more than just slow the slides down. It also provided a solid break in the snowpack and did not allow slabs to propogate as wide.
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Joined: 11-11-2009
can u hike the face lift? prob some nice turns in upper lizard.