IceCyclesmodelled ice formation

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Modelled from weather data. Not an observation of ice, and not advice.

Road Warrior (WI5 M5, 300 m) -- Thunderdome

WI5flow-fedposition unconfirmed

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Recorded access notes — from our research, possibly out of date

Cabinet Mountains Wilderness (Kootenai NF). No permits needed; power drills are prohibited in the wilderness, and bolts that exist were hand drilled on lead. Winter approach: 9 miles and about 2,000 ft of gain on skis or snowshoes from the end of the plowed Granite Lake road near Libby (the last 3 road miles are not plowed); the gully below the Thunderdome slides several times a year.

elevation
1748 m
aspect
53°
position
area_centroid
terrain check
not_run

Cautions from the weather record

Nothing
published
for this route

Aspect drives the model’s solar term, so an unconfirmed position would produce a confident wrong answer rather than an obvious gap.

  • · position is a shared area centroid, not this route
  • · terrain check has not been run

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