Professionals in coastal and some inland mountain ranges regularly face mixed rain-snow events. Professionals in inland ranges frequently deal with persistent slab avalanches failing on old faceted layers buried deep within the snowpack. What happens when you combine these snowpack and weather events? Widespread avalanching involving faceted layers during mixed rain-snow events is rarely observed and is not as well-understood. Last March, USFS Sawtooth Avalanche Center (SAC) staff observed this scenario.
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Title | Forecasting for dry and wet avalanches during mixed rain and snow storm events |
| Authors | Scott Savage, Erich Peitzsch, Simon Trautman, Benjamin VandenBos |
| Publication Type | Article |
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Series Title | The Avalanche Review |
| Index ID | 70202866 |
| Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |
| USGS Organization | Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center |