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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