Date: 2/08/2020
Observations Summary
Field teams were spread across the main range yesterday and one thing remains clear: the dominant hazard currently is widespread ice. This surface ice crust is firm and hard to get purchase on. Yesterday, there was little softening of this crust due to wind chill and morning cloud.
Also noted yesterday, in the subalpine, was how shallow the snow cover is at lower elevations. This in turn means skiing around obstacles and navigating open creeks to get up into the alpine.
Alpine Conditions
Sub-Alpine Conditions
Mountain environments can be categorised as above or below the tree line, thus Alpine and Subalpine respectively. Find out more about how these types of terrain can create or mitigate backcountry hazards here.
Travel & Terrain advice:
Hard surface conditions exist. Beware of steep icy slopes.
Advisory Confidence: High
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Weather Summary
Mostly sunny. Winds westerly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light early in the morning then becoming west to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the evening. (Source: BOM)