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When there is no snow cover on the glacier and crevasses are visible, no need to really worry about crevasses. But what about when there is a layer of snow on top of glacier, hiding crevasses, and ...
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2020-04-17T21:46:33Z (over 4 years ago)
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Jerry Magnin
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2020-04-17T21:46:32Z (over 4 years ago)
<p>When there is no snow cover on the glacier and crevasses are visible, no need to really worry about crevasses. But what about when there is a layer of snow on top of glacier, hiding crevasses, and you want to set up a bivouac, how do you ensure that you are not laying on a snow bridge?</p> <p>I thought about first staying away of places where crevasses are likely (like explained in <a href="https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/a/7026/12554" title="How to detect a crevasse on a glacier">this post</a>), and then probing the snow layer with an avalanche probe, but maybe there exists better techniques.</p>