[pct-l] Latest Sierra Sow Report

[Brandon McGinnity]

A water powered ice melter. Sir, you may have just created the worlds first
perpetual motion machine. I WANT ONE!

But seriously... can I make an uninformed observation? I think we all
expected to be hiking over snow. Does it make much difference whether we're
hiking on 3 feet of snow or 10?

Obviously I understand it means more distance of the trail will be covered.
But you know, there's gonna be snow anyway you look at this. I'm thinking,
just cross that bridge when you get there, one careful step at a time, and
otherwise, pray for a hot spring.



On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 4:43 AM, Kolby Kirk <admin at thehikeguy.com> wrote:

> I'm currently in the process of designing a blow torch that is fueled
> on snowmelt. I hope to have the first batch of prototypes available
> for sale at KM by June.
>
> On Monday, April 25, 2011, Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>
> wrote:
> > Hi gang,
> > Mammoth Mountain got another 10" of snow over the weekend, bringing the
> > total for
> > the season to 636 inches.
> > The snow fall per season, at Mammoth over the last 40 years, averaged
> > 340 inches.
> > Last year, which was considered a heavy snow year Mammoth got 516 inches.
> > The good news is the base declined by 2 feet over the last 2 weeks.
> > The bad news is the base (snow cover) at the 11,000 foot elevation is
> > still 21 feet.
> > The other bad news is that some of the passes are over 12,000 &  13,000
> > feet high,
> > which means the base on those high passes most likely exceeds 21 feet.
> >
> > What does that mean?.....It means that there is not enough time to melt
> > all that snow
> > by the time you get to  KM  and you better be prepared for high snow in
> > the Sierra.
> >
> > JMT Reinhold
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