Getting ready to head out
Clever foxes are the main reason bear canisters are required
Heading out
Getting ready to set up camp
Scouting out tent sites
Rainier teasing us from behind the clouds
Our fine campsite
Crowds heading up to Panorama Point
Mike preparing to start glissade training
Wind-blown ice collected on the windward side of the trees above camp
Mike preparing to teach ice ax self-arrest
Our fine outdoor classroom
Unicorn, Castle, and Pinnacle across the valley from camp
Jacob showing his self-arrest skillz
If you don't get snow in your face you're not doing it right.
Setting up the Rutschblock test
Looking at the snow layers
The shovel test - looking for layers where the snow could slide
Checking out the block of snow that slid off in the shovel test
Mike getting ready to weight the column for the Rutschblock test
The column is holding...
After some light jumping the first layer starts to slide
Scott inspecting the first slip of the column
Mike jumping harder on the snow column
The first layer slid away, but the compressed snow still held. Avalanche dander - low
