Thanks, guys. A few more details for the snow-curious. The only sounds I've heard snow make are the "whoooomp" of the crust collapsing, usually under my weight -- a sound you do not want to hear on a slope barren 30-50˚ because that means you just triggered an avalanche; and the "plink plink" of a wet snow on my face and/or hood as it falls.
Ice sings because of the expansion or compression from heat change and shifting from currents underneath. The bigger the body of water, the more varied the tones. So the change in heat from a rising or setting sun in spring (in fall they wouldn't be frozen) does the trick. I've only heard the singing on lakes frozen edge to edge. There was no gradually getting deeper in the snow when I tried it at speed in the hopes of staying on top. there was a crust of snow (melted and refrozen by the sun/night) on top of 4' - 5' of powder. Once you crunch through the crust (whether walking or riding), you are down a good 2'-3' in the power, with the crust surrounding you. The trail was fascinating in that you could see the power of the sun. Those areas that get full sun had no snow. Those areas that were shaded had 5' of snow, and they were often 10' apart. Made riding a wee be tricky, so there was a lot of LCG (lowest common gear). With abandon, Patrick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
