[MCR] Bow Summit

Subject: [MCR] Bow Summit
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:47:46 -0400 (EDT)
A couple of hot laps this evening at Bow summit. Excellent skiing. At 6pm 17cm of cold low density storm snow overlay temperature crust. This crust carries reasonably well from the parking lot and up so long as you're not in the tight trees. In open glades at treeline the crust is solid. Lots of wind from the North today and the alpine looks pretty hammered. No Na observed but limited obs & vis. Storm came in warm and cooled off and so at lower elevations at least there is good bonding with the crust.

Lots of snow north and east of Bow Summit (I was at the Bighorn Reserve earlier today west of Nordegg), much less south of Bow Summit through Lake Louise to Banff.

Regards,
Tom Wolfe
AAG/ASG
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