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Blue Lake 25/8/13 - Avalanche Pics 26-Aug-2013 At 4:24:52 PM Capt_mulch
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The one I saw there six years ago ish had the cornice falling off then hitting the slope, causing it to unload. That area to the north of Grey Buttress is obviously avalanche alley (Zac Zaharius has a colour slide of the same thing sometime in the 70's I think it was). The angle of the top of the slope to the prevailing westerlies, as well as its depth and down slope angle must make perfect conditions at times for snow accumulation. The last dying gasps of the glacier...

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