Incident
• By foot • Ascending • 0 • 0 • 0
Danger Sign
• Whumpf sound • Area: Generally in the mountains. Description: All over during hike to sarkophagen from longyearbreen to larsbreen
• Shooting cracks • Area: Generally in the mountains. Description: All over during hike to sarkophagen from longyearbreen to larsbreen
Snow Cover
• 20 cm • Heavy snow drift • 15 cm • Elevation of new snow 0 masl. Snow line at 0 masl • Much loose snow (10-30cm) • Dry • Rough guesses for weather and snow conditions. Didn't have anything to measure with me.
Avalanche Problems
• Dry slab avalanche • Buried weak layer of faceted snow near the ground • Within half a meter • The weak layer collapses easily and clean (easy propagation). The overlying slab is soft. A big and identifiable crystal in the weak layer. • Very easy to trigger • 2 - Medium • Few steep slopes N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW above unknown masl