Rob Stevens Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 ... I don't want to be right. Here in Alberta, even if it stops snowing now, our base is nuts. Sledding and Noboarding in Golden, B.C. yesterday with 8 feet on the ground (2.5 ft in the last 2 days... stay on that throttle!) I have NEVER seen coastal snow like this here. It is literally sticking to everything, with excellent bonding of the layers. The pit we dug showed no weaknesses. This will change with temps, but we didn't shift a thing, regardless of slope angle. There is a melt / freeze crust down there and if it goes on that, it'll be massive. Now, the shear, compression and Reutchblock tests we did yielded nothing. Lake Louise has snow sticking in places where it rarely, if ever, stays. It's normally too dry to hang around for long. The usual routine is snow, followed by a scouring wind. This snow is too heavy and bonded to the ground to be moved. So, if this is the result of our voratious appetites for natural resources, then it seems to be working out for us. Talk about a narrow-view, single-minded, ignorant approach to a global catastrophe in-the-making... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 ... the other half and I were planning to go to Louise on Dec 2, but we might be making a weekend of it at Kicking Horse instead. The snow there looks INSANE. You can't waste powder like that. Now we just need it to warm up 10 deg C or so, and it'll all be good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Tell me about it. Vanier Cup is happening here on Saturday, and they're predicting -21C as the daytime high. Laval claims they are still going to rely on their passing game... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Stevens Posted November 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Allee... Go to KHMR. It is ON. Neil... Canadian bootball... We breed them hard. I don't know how southern U.S. players can come up here and get it done. -21... faaark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crucible Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 I'm off to Rossland and Trail the week of Dec. 4th for business, guess I'll be driving up there with my full quivver on the roof. YEAH, babay. George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pow Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Dont abandon your east coast brothers:( rain is delaying many openings in my area... I was hoping to get my first tracks in this weekend, but its looking pretty grim at this point:barf: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baka Dasai Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 Here in Australia, the weather trend over the last few decades has been hotter and drier. Our snow season has gone from being generally mediocre to being outright marginal - there is now little snow each winter, and due to the warmer temps, as much rain as there is snow. There's a place where you can see the old runs that were cut through the trees in the 50s, and no snow ever falls that low down any more. It sucks. But I've made the adjustment to skateboarding instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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