One January, several years ago, myself and three others were snow-shoeing in to climb Whitney when, as we were standing on a 25 degree slope, with a loud crack the entire slope slid down about 4 feet...and then stopped before it went all the way down into disaster. This occurred long before trail camp. The break in the snow slope was about three feet deep. Current conditions now are similar to those of our near accident back then.
After a hasty discussion, we quickly bailed and went to climb Telescope Peak instead! Telescope was much safer, but very icy. Lesson learned.
Last edited by Bob West; 01/05/17 06:32 PM.
