[pct-l] Latest Sierra Sow Report

[Kolby Kirk]

I mean bacon, not milk!  Bah, I ruined my own joke.

On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Kolby Kirk <admin at thehikeguy.com> wrote:

> I'm still waiting for Reinhold's "Latest Sierra Sow Report."  I for one
> want to know if I can have myself some fresh milk on the JMT!!
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 4:36 AM, Brandon McGinnity <bmcginnity at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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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>>
>>
>> --
>> ~ Moccasin
>>
>>
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