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Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!
Most definitely. I'm not sure you'd get much out of evaluating snow pack yet though. There's just not many layers yet. That's probably why they were still hiking up. And this looks like it started at an overhead hazard and probably slid along the surface which probably made it relatively easy to dig them out. I would not have been thinking it was a risky spot for sure. That slope is sort of south east facing and might get some focused sun up top which could loosen up some rocks as triggers. It's so true though about having all the gear and maybe thinking you're bomb proof.
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I wasn't really focusing on this incident in particular, more the reporting around all of these incidents is so flawed and doesn't encourage correct behaviour.