General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

Cutting Cord [.1]

Patents

N/A

General Description

A metallic wire, metal springs, copper ends and wire is covered in some sort of protective polymer.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

5.75 m

Width

N/A

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Meteorology

Category

Precipitation amount, rate & duration measurement

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

G3

Country

China

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Never used.

Canada

A Rutschblock Cord is standard snow stability test tool commonly used in Canada by avalanche professionals and owrkers, mountain and ski guides, and backcountry ski operations to assess snow stability in avalanche risk zones, and to conduct research.

Function

A slope stability test tool used for cutting snow, ice and cornices and expose a snow column or trench in order to conduct the test which has the same name. It is used by avalanche professionals and those working or recreating in avalanche risk zones to cut snow blocks and snow pits in order to identify weak layers in the snow pack and determine the stability. Used by avalanche professionals conducting snow pack analysis to collect slope stability data for the purpose of creating avalance forecasts and bulletins.

Technical

This device is a tool used for cutting vertical snow profiles in a test pit in order to expose the various snow layers to assess stability. As such, it is made of material which can easily cut or slice through snow, and long enough for two people to use.This snow cutting tool is associated with the test that vears the same name. The Ruschtblock Test is a compression test performed in stages on a snow column, to produce failure of a weak layer. The test is performed by an individual with skis standing on a column of snow, or in later stages by tapping on a shovel resting on a smaller column. Taps are applied until a weak layer fails.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

None.

Missing

Nothing missing.

Finish

A metallic wire; covered in some type of protective polymer [red]; metal springs intermittenly spaced throughout the wire; secured in place by copper ends; ends of the wire are looped into copper ends.

Decoration

None.