To the moon and back—a few glacier and snow obs

yan.kaczynski , Wednesday 12th February, 2025 9:15AM

Went for a long tour today to the Saddlehorn on the WB Glacier from Shames and back to Shames. A variety of snow along the way, most of it hard and wind affected as expected, but also some low density powder in high and sheltered N/NW slopes. One E Face closer back to Shames held good snow as well, provided by recent wind transport. Windslabs felt strongly bonded in most places, but tried to avoid convex rolls anyhow. The cover on glaciers past Superbowl is thin, comparable to last year around the same time, but thinner. As expected they are just a few crevasses showing off, but they are wide open and deep. The cornices above are also not as developed as usual around Feb. The snow coverage on the edge of S Morris and Morris pass is way thinner than last year. The WB was heavily wind scoured.