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  • Do you have an "avalanche school" in your area? A one day course of avalanche training will be invaluable -- much more valuable than reading a description of how to test for snowpack stability. As to shovel vs saw, from what I have read, a shovel will work adequately -- of course, you have to know how to read the cross-section.
    – ab2
    Commented May 14 at 22:13
  • Oh, I've done the course. The instructors used a saw to cut the columns. Much later, it occurred to me what if Im not carrying a saw. Hence the question.
    – ahron
    Commented May 15 at 1:11