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KD Talbot
02-25-2009, 07:13 PM
Awesome photos of Tuckeman Ravine from today over at Tuckerman.org

http://www.tuckerman.org/photos/tucks/images/2009-02-24%20Ripped%20out%20multiple%20layers%20of%20hard% 20slab.jpg

Check out that fracture line! The crown is about 9' tall!
More at:

http://www.tuckerman.org/photos/tucks/

Thanks to Dave M. over at VFTT for pointing me to this!

KDT
JimS
02-25-2009, 07:41 PM
This fracture is really evident even driving through the notch. The description of it in yesterday's report is really a good read...
Bill O
02-25-2009, 08:58 PM
I saw that on the webcam this morning. Very impressive.

See post made under "webcam" thread.
Rich
02-26-2009, 04:23 PM
That is VERY cool! Is the amount of the snow in there so far just CrAzY big? I've never seen a fracture line like that!!
M_Six
02-26-2009, 05:26 PM
I cleaned the picture up a bit and zoomed in. Incredible site. I would have loved to have seen the avalanche. (From a distance, of course. :eek: )

http://www.bimmermail.com/tucks2.jpg
Brad
02-27-2009, 04:26 AM
The interesting thing to me is to see how far towards you the snow was carried when it slid! It really filled in the basin.
M_Six
02-27-2009, 01:34 PM
Couple gutsy folks out there. :eek:

http://www.bimmermail.com/crown.jpg
KD Talbot
02-27-2009, 04:12 PM
Them's rahks, not people's.

KDT
M_Six
02-27-2009, 05:24 PM
Nah, I zoomed in. That one in the center is definitely a person. There are even footprints leading up to him/her.


Here you go.

http://www.bimmermail.com/closeup.jpg
mtruman
02-27-2009, 05:43 PM
Nah, I zoomed in. That one in the center is definitely a person. There are even footprints leading up to him/her.


Here you go.

http://www.bimmermail.com/closeup.jpg

Now that's just crazy :eek::eek:
KD Talbot
02-27-2009, 07:20 PM
I stand corrected. Seems a precarious spot.

KDT
Bill O
02-27-2009, 08:01 PM
Holy crap. That is nuts.

I called 6'+ in the other thread. Looks like a safe call. Maybe closer to 8'.

It does look like a nasty spot to hang out. You'd be crushed instantly if that thing broke loose.
M_Six
02-27-2009, 08:44 PM
"Official" observer/scientist or just some curious hiker?

I'd say 9-10' in some areas. That's a lotta snow. :eek:
Bill O
02-27-2009, 08:50 PM
The close-up is on Tuckerman.org, it's one of the snow rangers I believe.
M_Six
02-27-2009, 11:10 PM
The close-up is on Tuckerman.org, it's one of the snow rangers I believe.

Yep, that's where I shamelessly stole it from. :p
Bill O
02-28-2009, 12:20 PM
Already filled in this morning.
M_Six
02-28-2009, 01:03 PM
Some is still visible in the hi-res shot. That half-circle is still there. The one dark area to the right I had circled before obviously is a rock as it is still visible there.

http://bimmermail.com/tuck0228.JPG