danalwyn

Heh. We've had a bunch of above-freezing as well. And when it is "cold", it's a few degrees below freezing. Pfft. Not cold, and very odd for here. The warmth actually has made the avalanche risk worse. When it warms up an ice crust forms on top of the snow, and then more snow falls and doesn't bond to the lower level because of the ice. So the whole thing is like a precariously balanced layer cake -- one trip, and the whole thing goes sliding. But people *will* ignore the risk and go into the backcountry where there's no avalanche prevention work, and so we've had more fatalities this year already than in a whole regular winter. I admit I've been tempted to go out myself, because the weather is so very beautiful, but I'd stick to safe areas, yes?