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Next week it looks to stay above freezing in Southeast pa for more than a week....Maybe start of Spring.
 

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Coming along, it’s probably been the warmest week I have ever seen at this time of year. Trees still covered but benches getting close. Exposed dirt in the driveway now and the ski hill has corned up perfectly, classic bluebird spring skiing so I ditched work today to go get some!B63F33BC-5A4D-49AF-A006-1AA96B39AF06.jpegBE23EEF2-11BF-40C2-811E-A68C1A1688DF.jpeg
 

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You left your wire out. :cool:

You know what? I have always wondered if letting the copper go through all the temperatures changes outdoors has any effect on the annealing, will it work harden with the temp changes over time?
I’ve wondered but never gone as far as worried about it.
 

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Looks like a perfect day for some skiing! Is that Sunshine Village? Lake Louise? That region is on my bucket list....
 
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Lol. In mainland Portugal there’s currently red alert for wild fires for the next days with temperatures predicted to hit 30C. Here in the Azores we have had a wonderful sunny week with very comfortable temperatures during the day around 20C. Spring is here in full strength.
 

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Snowin here, but I have hope for a good spring. This has been the weirdest winter yet, seems every year is a new challenge. The trees in the yard got tested this winter, so much snow, rain, ice, and serious cold.
 

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Kimberley.

Most of the other ski areas in the region have more big mountain type terrain but it has its own good qualities, 5 mins drive to the base is nothing to complain about that’s for sure. Great day, slushy corn on top and dense carvable underneath, the kind of snow you can really lay into, it never gets old. Fernie is nearby too. I usually prefer the Kootenay resorts over the Rockies one you mentioned for snow quality but they are all good.
 

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Looks like a perfect day for some skiing! Is that Sunshine Village? Lake Louise? That region is on my bucket list....
Kimberley.

Most of the other ski areas in the region have more big mountain type terrain but it has its own good qualities, 5 mins drive to the base is nothing to complain about that’s for sure. Great day, slushy corn on top and dense carvable underneath, the kind of snow you can really lay into, it never gets old. Fernie is nearby too. I usually prefer the Kootenay resorts over the Rockies one you mentioned for snow quality but they are all good.
 

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I have always wondered if letting the copper go through all the temperatures changes outdoors has any effect on the annealing, will it work harden with the temp changes over time?
No. "Work" hardening is what happens when the friction between molecules creates heat when they are forced into new relative positions.
 

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Snowin here, but I have hope for a good spring. This has been the weirdest winter yet, seems every year is a new challenge. The trees in the yard got tested this winter, so much snow, rain, ice, and serious cold.

Hope they come out well. It’s funny how we think we have overwintering all sorted and then every now and then some different circumstance happens.
 

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Kimberley.

Most of the other ski areas in the region have more big mountain type terrain but it has its own good qualities, 5 mins drive to the base is nothing to complain about that’s for sure. Great day, slushy corn on top and dense carvable underneath, the kind of snow you can really lay into, it never gets old. Fernie is nearby too. I usually prefer the Kootenay resorts over the Rockies one you mentioned for snow quality but they are all good.

I remember hearing some crazy stories about Charlie Locke the old owner out at Fernie. I had some buddies in the rockies who were from that area, always seemed like a nice hill!
 

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I remember hearing some crazy stories about Charlie Locke the old owner out at Fernie. I had some buddies in the rockies who were from that area, always seemed like a nice hill!

Yeah, Fernie is really great, lots of steep tree skiing among other things and they can get hit with some pretty big snowfalls too. Big powder day there is always a damn good day.
 

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Two weeks apart, pretty good melting.
Great timing, one more weekend of ski hill being open. By then the snow will be gone but the mulch still frozen, first weekend after hill closes can be messing with trees... well maybe not fernie will still be running. 20AE6FEA-6719-4321-8070-4BBDFF72B984.jpegC0DF19F2-19A2-4DBE-9DAD-8EEE7DC0A873.jpeg485E166C-330F-48A1-A87E-FF7F1EF712E0.jpeg
 

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Grouping trees together for the winter is often recommended but can be a kind of terrible idea really. This shot shows how the snow gathers on top and doesn’t even reach the ground. 499C703E-F2FE-4761-B679-4D6B2B9F4F10.jpeg

So, we wind up with a big snow cave at ground level. The branches and trunks take all the weight and are subject to breaking, soils can lose moisture via sublimation due to the high temperature gradient, basically freeze drying and it’s creates a really great home for rodents to overwinter. If I had more space or less trees I would position each tree separately. But I don’t. I try to work the snow in as it falls, much easier said than done. I think next year I may get myself a leaf blower, I think with that I could blow the snow through the canopy to the ground if I got on it soon enough after snowfalls. All looking good though, no signs of catastrophe that I can see.

We had about half of the typical snowpack this year plus warm weather lately so this is an early one so far. May still start snowing again.
 
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Thanks for the explanations, wireme. The tree box, what trees do you put in there? More cold sensitive trees, sick/weaker trees, nice pots?
 

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Thanks for the explanations, wireme. The tree box, what trees do you put in there? More cold sensitive trees, sick/weaker trees, nice pots?

Trees that are a little further along with maybe denser canopies or that have been styled somewhat, I’ve found those are more likely to have apexes torn off by snowpress. If not more likely then at least more upsetting! Other than that any of my best or favourite material that will fit. It’s just safer, rodent proof and I let snow in for insulation but close the lid before it gets too heavy. Also the insulated top and sides are good insurance for the event of extreme cold arriving before a good insulating snow layer, that can happen here sometimes.
 
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