The Beauty of Inversion
by Mike Fine
via Pixelpipe
Utah has this odd phenomenon called an "inversion" in which the valleys get dust and pollution trapped. The air becomes simply awful, hazy and basically makes our quality of life pretty crappy. However, the flipside of this is that the mountains get amazing sunshine and perfect clean air. So while those below suffer with edible air, us mountain goats find blissful and beautiful conditions up above.
The fun thing is that the only thing that clears out the inversion is a nice strong low pressure storm. So, an inversion is a win win for riders because when it is in place, we have great clear skiing. When it gets blown out, we are getting pounded by snow! Either way, we get what we want.
The pic is from the top of Snowbasin last Monday. Normally, Ogden is easily visible but today it looks like a sea of cloud. Yes, an inversion can be a thing of beauty.
