Avalanche Level I, Colorado, January

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Spruce Creek Trailhead
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Babe's Wheelz
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Brad testing a steep slope
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Skinning up
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View out the windows
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Babes in the kitchen
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Helen ready for beacon practice
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Following the flux lines
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Brad demos beacons
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Helen searching
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Following the beacon's flux lines
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Avalanche accident indicators
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Danger levels and critical slope angles
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Sunny Sunday morning
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Front porch views
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Francies Cabin
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Heading out
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Distant peaks
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Mary measures slope angles
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Crystal Peak
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Looking at an avalanche
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Avalanche fracture crown
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Avalanche prone slope
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Avalanche debris
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Ready to dig
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Babes digging a pit
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More digging
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Mary talks snow pack
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Grain sizes
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Compression test
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Inspecting the failure layer
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Rutschblock test
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Isolating the block
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Bigger Rutschblock, different aspect
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We named our Rutschblock
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Back to the cabin
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Adam, Helen, Erin, JB