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Sensationally good snow on the Aiguille du Tacul yesterday. Thanks to Cedric for the great company and as always amazing photos.
Another few days off work in the land of nod. Nothing special, everything normal. The routine. I am pretty broke so no after skiing naked chicks dancing at the moo-bar or elevation …
Dolomites Part 1
The Pordoi pass at 2300 m with 5 m of snow lining the sides of the roads.
Cristallo
The sun made a brief outing before the weather deteriorated and dumped another 50 cm.
Morning Fun
A quick morning steep ski with Kirst Lehtimaki.
Foehn week and the Föhnkrankheit
Sweet shots from Cedric – thanks for the one of me opening the Marbree Couloir
A Föhn or Foehn is a type of dry, warm, down-slope wind that occurs in the lee (downwind side) of a mountain range.
It is a rain shadow wind that results from the subsequent adiabatic warming of air that has dropped most of its moisture on windward slopes (see orographic lift). As a consequence of the different adiabatic lapse rates of moist and dry air, the air on the leeward slopes becomes warmer than equivalent elevations on the windward slopes. Föhn winds can raise temperatures by as much as 32 °C (58 °F)[1] in just a matter of hours.
Winds of this type are also called “snow-eaters” for their ability to make snow melt or sublimate rapidly. This snow-removing ability is caused not only by warmer temperatures, but also the low relative humidity of the air mass having been stripped of moisture by orographic precipitation coming over the mountain(s).
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