But his main winter gig is as a guide for a local heli-skiing company. Shanley is a part-time avalanche technician for a utility company. That’s why he may dig as many as ten snow pits each day. “That’s kind of the mindset that I take.” “You should always be kind of trying to find instability,” he said. Shanley said he doesn’t use this kind of test to justify doing something risky. It’s almost 3 feet deep, with perfectly straight vertical sides. “We’re just about down to the ground here,” said Ed Shanley after he takes a portable shovel out of his backpack and digs into the season’s snowpack just outside the ski boundaries at Eaglecrest Ski area.Ī big rectangular pit starts taking shape. What about avalanche conditions in the Juneau area right now? Of those, two people were killed near Haines just before New Year’s Eve. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO)Īlready this winter, at least seven people have been reported caught in avalanches around Alaska. Ski guide Ed Shanley pauses while digging a snowpit just outside the boundaries at Eaglecrest Ski Area on Jan.
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