[NMCCSC] back-country safety & slope angles

[Rob Suminsby via NMCCSCeGroup]

For those that don’t mind pulling out your phone in the backcountry...this
photo was taken with an app called Theodolite ($5.99). You sight the bottom
(or top) if the slope in the crosshairs, and the elevation angle reads out
on the right. Also captures data like lat, long, azimuth and elevation.
Pretty slick.

On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 14:04 Susan Russo via NMCCSCeGroup <
nmccscegroup at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

> Two skiers were killed Saturday in an avalanche near Crested Butte while
> skiing across a slope of 37°. They were following a summer hiking route.
>
> I recently found an easy method to immediately assess slope angles while
> out sking at: http://poleclinometer.com
> See image below of the sticker that goes on your ski pole. Must be sized
> to your pole diameter, but it's inexpensive and easy to use. Note that the
> angles pictured below are 27°--the upper limit of safe slope angles in
> avalanche terrain.
>
> [image: acc_704_24673.jpg]
> [image: how-steep-is-it_web_rend-768x427.png]
> [image: 27°.png]
> [image: 27° angle.png]
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