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C090

Small snow pit 5 m deep, in two steps, whose last step's wall is covered in ice.

Samoëns 10m 5m

Small snow pit 5 m deep, in two steps, whose last step's wall is covered in ice.

Characteristics

  • Type: Other
  • Municipality: Samoëns
  • Length: 10 meters
  • Depth: 5 meters
  • Record updated:

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  1. C090

    46.105950, 6.802117
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Description

Morphology

Small snow pit leading to 5 m depth in two steps. At the bottom, daylight from another impenetrable fissure can be glimpsed. a small narrow meander follows.

Progression

a small narrow meander follows at the bottom of the pit and has a strong blowing draught.

Other details

There is no snowfield at the bottom, but the wall of the last step is covered in ice.

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Contains information from Grottocenter (Wikicaves), grottocenter.org, made available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/), modified. · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/764 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected] · data as of 2026 · Source: Grottocenter (Association Wikicaves), worldwide collaborative cave database (grottocenter.org), modified. CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Grottocenter (Wikicaves) · Text by GS Vulcains · adapted by Espeleoworld (normalized, translated); the adaptation is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/764 · data as of 2026