Excellent skiing today in the Narao glades. Of note the area has been
hammered by wind -- Yoho looks very different than it did when I was
there last on Tuesday. Although visibility wasn't that great we saw
evidence of recent avalanche activity from the past day or two through
he mist. We also heard control blasts coming from the west, so I guess
we weren't the only ones concerned about the hazard today.
Soft but very skiable windslabs (on top of a totally rotten, facetted
snowpack) in the trees, but things seem to be sticking OK for now -- of
course Narao "glades" are pretty tight trees, and the few open glades in
this area were scoured down to the the facets in most places so there
wasn't much left for concern.
But in the alpine it looks pretty serious -- the wind is howling strong
from the west and it sounds like it'll be getting worse.
I think I'll be hitting the resort with my little guy tomorrow!!
Regards,
Tom Wolfe
AAG
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