Dry snow avalanches release by the failure of a weak layer.
One bright note was that the relatively dry snow spared power lines and generators.
With even small amounts of solution, the snow hardness dropped to 60% of that of dry snow.
One of these mechanisms is due to the very high albedo, or reflectivity of dry snow to solar radiation.
Pfeffer, W. T., Illangasekare, T. H. & Meier, M. F. Analysis and modelling of melt-water refreezing in dry snow.
Drier snow and smaller crowds can be found farther east at Mission Ridge, with has 36 runs served by 4 lifts.
Compared to dry snow avalanches, comparable (at similar velocities) shear and normal stresses seem to be higher in slushflows.
He spent a page describing the snow — dry snow, wet snow, artificial snow, powder — and I learned that people can get sunburned in winter from all the reflected light.
Tennessee put the folded bill in his shirt pocket without looking at it and slipped the car into gear, easing through the dry snow.
We followed a winding road up a steep ridge that was lightly covered with a fine, dry snow — a kind of Arctic sand.
