Avy School: Day 3
Day 3 of Avalanche School took us up to Whistler at a bright and early 5:30am! The roads were covered in snow so we were only a small 15 minutes late due to Clint and his Impreza Turbo (the others were an hour late). Another hour long setback later, due to losing someone on the mountain, brought us to the 2 hour late premeeting, where we discussed today's conditions. We then skinned up Flute Bowl into the backcountry to go over route finding and other junk. It wasn't the easiest task with over a foot of fresh powder. The day was spent skiing up, doing more snow tests, and doing a multiple barrial simulation. We got one bomber run in on untracked waist deep powder before heading back in bounds. Going down the runs after the mountain had closed was an eerie feeling. After a long summarizing sessions over at Base 2, followed by a TEST we got our certificates and quickly headed down to Squamish for a round and burgers at the Brew Pub! 17 hours later I am home and still haven't started studying for my nuclear midterm tomorrow!
Bram doing the shovel shear test on a column of snow:
Me doing the Rutschblock test:
Skiing back into the resort area:
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