This stellar crystal would lead to nice fluffy powder. it is in great shape with no melting, low wind and no real damage. PerfectIt is snowing again today in Pocatello. This can only mean one thing. Premature enthusiasm. Every year about this time we get a few flakes and skiers go crazy. Sure targhee and west yellowstone nordic are open but really..... mink creek is christmas to spring break. the only exception was the 2007-2008 year. But that being said the mechanincs spent last week tuning the snowmobiles and groomer just in case. If things get crazy we're ready.
HERE ARE SOME IMAGES FROM SnowCrystals.com. Here's a fun exercise. Say you dig a hole in your ski/snowmobile slope and find a 2 inch snow layer that is different from the top foot. which type of crystal would you least like to see, what is the best?
Stellar
And the answer: Who knows, there are too many unknows. But the needle or cloumn structures can act like tiny ball bearings and set off giant slides. I'd rather ski crystals anyhow.
And finally here's a crazy movie of a snowmobiler who is deninitely giving it all the gas he can. he should have studied snow crystal structre more.
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