[pct-l] San Jacinto/Idyllwild

[Donna Saufley]

I don't know how many were tuned into local news, but we had a storm
yesterday the likes of which hasn't been seen in decades. We had blizzard
conditions which dumped a fair amount of snow; it finally starting sticking
and we got about 3" (all you folks who live in places where it snows all
winter please don't laugh -- this a lot of snow for us!)  Major arteries
north or east out of LA were shut down (I-14, I-15, I-5), along with
alternate highways like Sierra Highway. We were happily stuck in winter
wonderland. It's starting to melt off this morning and roads are opening up,
but oh, what a beautiful sight the snow is!  So good for our ground water
tables here in the high desert. 

There's another storm forecast possibly as early as this weekend.  I'm
loading up the 'fridge and praying for more snow! 

L-Rod

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of gwschenk at socal.rr.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 1:10 PM
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] San Jacinto/Idyllwild

A friend reports two feet of fresh snow in Idyllwild. Hwy 243 closed from
Banning and also between Mountain Center and hwy 74. Hwy 74 closed from Palm
Desert to Anza.

Gary

> >AsOn Wed, December 17, 2008 9:46 am, Will M wrote:
> >> I need to make up a section from the Paradise cafe to Black Mt road
near
> >> Idyllwild.  Does anyone know what the snow situation is right now?
> >> I was toying with the idea of doing it on Xmas vacation.
> >>
> >> Jala Jalan

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