[MCR] Hudson Bay Mountain

Subject: [MCR] Hudson Bay Mountain
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 19:32:13 -0800
I went on a little ski trip on the prairie on Hudson Bay Mountain today. It was -3 at 1700 m with a moderate westerly wind. There has been about 20 cm of new snow on the crust that formed earlier this month. The prairie is very windy, so I found no surface hoar at the interface. It produced hard sudden shears. The snowpack is still low here. I saw a size 2 in a steep SE facing bowl at 2300 m a few days ago, but the clouds have been pretty thick. The interface between the crust and the newer snow is quite facetted. Fortunately, it is still quite warm in the alpine, and I hope for a bond between this crust and the snow we are expecting.

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Christoph Dietzfelbinger
Mountain Guide

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