Backcountry Blog links to a video showing how to use a shovel to determine snow stability. I realize this will require you to venture out into actual snow to test it out.
Backcountry Blog links to a video showing how to use a shovel to determine snow stability. I realize this will require you to venture out into actual snow to test it out.
This is interesting, but not as applicable in California as other places. The snow in the Sierra Nevada is usually wetter and more dense than it might be in the northern Rockies.