[pct-l] Fw: 2014 Snow, Water and Start Date

[Stephen Clark]

You can use this webcam site as a gauge:
http://www.pstramway.com/long-valley-cam.html

It is from the Palm Springs Tram Station on the east side at an elevation
of 8420'.

Quackers


On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Dan Welch <welchenergy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Barry,
>
> You're right - the Sierra still looks low on snow pack - no doubt about
> that.  My more near term concern is what the snowpack will be like at San
> Jacinto/Fuller Ridge.  I plan to start at Campo around 4/1 and a should be
> heading up to SJ around 4/14.  Anyone have a read on how hard they got
> pounded there?  They were calling for 4 feet or more - but it's tough to
> forecast snow levels for a ridge top.
>
> It looks like warm & sunny in the forecast there, so I am sure there will
> be
> a lot of melt in the next 6 weeks.  I'm just not sure how to get a read on
> current snowpack levels there.  I don't think they do a periodic snow
> survey
> or online measures of snow pack, do they?
>
> Of course this should help the desert water sources some...  But how much I
> have no idea.
>
> Timberline
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
> On Behalf Of Barry Teschlog
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 12:58 PM
> To: PCT L
> Subject: [pct-l] Fw: 2014 Snow, Water and Start Date
>
> So, here's an update from the mid January post on this same topic.
>
> Another look at the below linked snow chart unfortunately indicates the
> recent dumping in California hasn't done much for the Sierra snow pack.
>
>
>
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