[pct-l] Current snow report

Sun Dec 13 00:31:14 CST 2009

Hi, Stephen & List!

At this point, we have had about 3 feet overall this season. If you go to 
http://www.sierraavalanchecenter.org/ and search for their snow test videos, 
you'll see how unstable the current snow pack is right at the moment. 
Earlier we received what amounted to about 8" of base, which crusted over on 
top as brief warm weather came in. On top of that we received another 18" 
that did not bond well to the first layer, thus the instability demonstrated 
in the videos http://www.sierraavalanchecenter.org/node/213.

Now, we are getting nailed with the snow equivalent of what LA is seeing in 
rain. At this time we have an additional foot at South Lake Tahoe on top of 
the rest.

Should be a good snow season. Keep your eyes on it if you are thru hiking 
this next season. You might want to attend some snow travel clinics close to 
you in the meantime....

Mtnned
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Adams" <reddirt2 at earthlink.net>
To: "ed faubert" <edfaubert at yahoo.com>
Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>; "Wes Rose" <wb104475 at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Crisis in CA

> i'll second that.  And your comments run along the lines of what I've said 
> a few times about folks thinking to do the PCt because it's there and 
> popular, and should thereby be something other than it really is, like a 
> walk a easy access National Park.  Perhaps it should be called the 
> "Pacific Crest- Built For Fair Weather and Not Everyone Should Do It- 
> National Scenic Trail.  Same goes even more so for the JMT.  But God Bless 
> 'em just the same.  You should see the idiots on the freeways down here 
> let alone when it rains and such.  Unfortunately the San Gabriel Mtns are 
> really easy access for anyone.  Even way down here on the LA Harbor in San 
> Pedro I don't think it's even an hour to get to Angeles Crest Highway. 
> And there's a couple million folks living a lot closer than me.  We even 
> have what's called the Foothill freeway that parallels the range on its 
> flanks.  So in those couple millions or so there is perhaps a one or two 
> knuckleheads.
> I've been hearing the emergency broadcast system's flash flood warnings 
> for the Station Fire area for a few hours now about every half hour.  It's 
> still raining steady but lightly here to the south on the harbor, but it 
> was dumping earlier and that's probably the cell that hit the area and 
> caused the mud.  But it was already saturated as it didn't just start 
> raining today.  And I don't think they'll get much snow locally as it has 
> warmed up quite a bit since yesterday and a lot since the cold front a few 
> days back that could have brought snow down to two thousand feet as it was 
> in the thirties even here by the ocean.
> But
> i bet they are getting good snow up in the Sierra !
> On Dec 12, 2009, at 6:24 PM, ed faubert wrote:
>
>> Heres an update.............
>>
>> 90 cars got stuck in the mud today on Angles crest road with the mud 
>> coming down over the highway.... Excuse me but what kind of idiot would 
>> be driving on these mt roads with the rainfall we are getting today..... 
>> Its 6 20 pm and the rain is pounding on my roof here and my swimming pool 
>> is almost ready to overflow.....
>>
>> Amazing how stupid people can be but even in the hiking world on the PCT 
>> we see these same idiots out there evert year.....
>>
>> yes i do feel sorry for lots of folks who will lose their homes this 
>> coming few days but not for the folks who drove up to play in the 
>> snow....................-
>>
>>
>> -- On Sat, 12/12/09, Wes Rose <wb104475 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Wes Rose <wb104475 at sbcglobal.net>
>> Subject: [pct-l] Crisis in CA
>> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
>> Date: Saturday, December 12, 2009, 9:57 AM
>>
>>
>> We may have a major emergency on our hands here in So Cal.  For the past 
>> several hours
>> now *water* has been falling *from the sky*.  Everything is wet. Even the 
>> soil is a darker shade
>> of brown.  This strange phenomenon appears to be occurring throughout 
>> most of So Cal, and
>> I am getting rather nervous about it.  Any advice would be appreciated, 
>> as long as it doesn't
>> involve bare feet.  Thank you.
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