A necessary and sufficient condition for touring is snow. Or some approximation of snow, be it ice (the lower angle kind), a glacier’s dirty tongue, or just a skiff of fresh over anything approximating a firm substrate, which includes frozen soil, duff, or modest downfall. An imperative here is a glass half full. Low snow…
Wee for SWE
As ever, we are optimists at heart. Here’s hoping for a high SWE 2026.
Responses
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It would be shame not to mention that Haines, AK is on track to have their snowiest week on record. Prior to this week, Southeast has been getting storm after storm this December, they’ve been getting the front of what BC has been enjoying from a geographic perspective. Southeast Alaska skiers are likely having one of their best seasons in many years, and man do they deserve it.
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That is true, Alex…it does look mighty wet and snowy there at the moment. Happy New Year.
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