History of Alta Avalanches

[concretejungle]

WOW posted this link over on T-Tips and I thought it was a pretty good read. It's on the history of LCC and Alta with an emphasis on the evolution of snow science and avalanches.

http://www.avalanche.org/~moonstone/...0of%20Alta.htm

[GoEhuge]

Definately a good read... Great way to take up some time at work. Some of the stories of past avis sounded pretty crazy.

[ski_adk]

In the year 1871, the first snow storms appeared on the 28th day of September and increased until from 12 to 15 feet on the level covered the whole district, and in some places as deep as 40 feet. About the last storm for that winter was the 30th day of June, with a fall upwards of two feet of snow.

Now that's a nice end of season dump!