Avalanche Problems
• Wet slab avalanche • Buried weak layer of faceted snow near the ground • The overlying slab is soft. • Difficult to trigger • N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW • Rotten snow (lack of overnight freeze) with wet basal facets at Breikågen E coulouir entrance, 680m and along summit ridge in general.
Also observed on Store Kågtinden West shoulder at around 700m yesterday in shallow snowpack.
Glide cracks at at 500m visible in low-angle terrain along normal ascent route, E-NE asp.