Above, below, and in the cloud
8th January 2024
It was another nice day to be in the mountains although not as good as yesterday with some cloud around the summits. A moderate South-East wind resulted in some redistribution of the soft surface snow giving very isolated and shallow fresh windslab accumulations on North-West to North-East aspects.
The snowpack is very firm at lower elevations getting slightly softer with a slight crust higher up.
Some pictures below showing conditions.

There was poor visibility when I skied down here this morning. Following the footprints from yesterday gave me a handrail and something to focus on.

Yesterday there was a lot of surface hoar, formed in cold, calm, clear conditions. Overnight it was cloudy, humid and slightly windier leading to rime to build on the surface hoar giving this interesting snow surface.
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