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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

[MCR] Bow Summit

Excellent powder skiing at Bow Summit today. Remarkably well settled
100cm snowpack with a 10cm basal layer of facets/depth hoar. Looks
like about 30cm of storm snow with little wind effect on the top 15
cm. Temps were below freezing and overcast most of the day with light
S winds. No whoomfing or cracking even on steep rolls. We still were
cautious and I would suspect Considerable avalanche hazard at treeline
and above, moderate below treeline but very limited observations. No
natural avalanche activity observed in the area, but the light was
mostly flat.

Regards,
Tom Wolfe
AAG/ASG
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