Snow-Slab Studies at Whistler Mountain, British Columbia, Canada
Abstract A study of 30 slab avalanches at Whistler Mountain ski area, British Columbia, indicates that slab instability initiates with highest frequency on 40° slopes, that the temperature at the slab bed surface is about –5°C averaged for the 30 cases, and that on the average the slabs have a snow...
| Published in: | Journal of Glaciology |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1980
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000010613 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000010613 |