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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 14:42
Pretty smoky up in the heavens again over this past week as farmers cut through the thick crop and fog and flakes to ride and slide the white. Come and get your share. Great riding in all areas with anywhere from 2 to 3 meters of seasonal snowpack. Mid snowpack is well consolidated while deep instabilities are a factor and may linger. Wind blown, cross loaded features with thinning snow slab near rocks can produce triggers. Make observations, park safe, watch and know how to search and self rescue
Friday, February 8, 2008 16:54
...and the flakes keep furiously falling in the wake of a frostbiting freeze into bluebird warm in the alpine last weekend. The heat is still on this weekend as we're faced with the sloppy end of that pineapple express. There is a meter or more of storm snow in all areas with wind transport building pillows and slabs in exposed areas and more is expected with rain forecast at lower elevations into next week. Loads of powder out there that dreams are made of. Keep your head up and park in safe places.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Several weeks since we've had some snow but it finally came over this past weekend. Very much wintertime up the hills these days with 30 to 50cm fresh white in all areas while daytime alpine temps have remained a chilly -10 even with the sunshine. However, the best is yet to come with typical spring weather and March being our big precipitation month. It may begin to rain in the valley but it's all white up top for another 8 weeks. Plan to get your spring riding on!