Shooting Cracks

Shooting Cracks

Karl Birkeland took this photo of cracks shooting out from his skis when he collapsed the slope.  The new 12" of snow was fracturing on a layer of facets. 

This image is from the following advisory:
GNFAC Avalanche Advisory for Tue Dec 15, 2009
GNFAC Avalanche Advisory for Wed Dec 16, 2009