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Red snow.
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While walking on Mt Buet above Chamonix, I noticed patches of red snow, which were particularly apparent when looked at through sunglasses.
We had a few ideas- Saharan sand, ski wax, algae. The patches seemed to coincide with places where ski tourers might have skinned up.
I asked in the Nature Reserve Centre and they said they had also noticed it and thought it was Algae.

Any thoughts, could the presences of wax, or the compression of the snow cause Algae?
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Trekkers Chainsaw Massacre?
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I'd have said sand brought in on a Foehn wind but I'd guess the reserve staff know best.
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The patches seemed to coincide with places where ski tourers might have skinned up.


Bloody hippie skiers!
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Yes, seems it's algae - http://waynesword.palomar.edu/plaug98.htm
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pam w, good article, its defiantly algae but the colour has been intensified by the passage of skis.
Snow fleas yuck!
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