On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:57:27 -0000, "Shaun Pudwell"
wrote:

My understanding is that temperature has not changed at the summit, it's
still around -7^c
The reason there is less snow and ice is due to there being far less
moisture in the atmosphere at that location, so what we are seeing is a sort
of dry melt.

Deforestation?

Richard Webb