Monday 2 January 2012

Indictaors of interest.



As we travel through the mountains there are many ways nature has of letting us know whats been going on with the conditions...
In the above photo, (a bit hard to see in the mist) the snow has been blown from the wind exposed right side into the lee slope on the left of the photo....


The snow adhering to the tree trunk shows wind direction and moisture content of the new snow. The slope behind the tree is blown clear of snow, one has to ask, where has it gone? This wind blown snow eroded from the slope behind will be wind slab laying on a lee slope somewhere else!

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