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[pct-l] Snow Predictitions (was good starting date?)
- Subject: [pct-l] Snow Predictitions (was good starting date?)
- From: AsABat at 4Jeffrey.Net (AsABat)
- Date: Sat Oct 11 23:54:22 2003
- References: <197.20f44a85.2cba2dfa@aol.com>
> <<<The Sierra Nevadas fairly routinely get snow in every month of the
year>>>
> I have hiked in the Sierra nearly every summer since 1958 and have NEVER
been
> snowed on in July or August...
In 1974 I was snowed on in mid-August at 13,000 feet on the east side of
Whitney. A couple inches of snow accumulated which melted just in time for a
large hail storm. The skies cleared the next morning before a torrential
downpour that lasted all afternoon. The next six days were perfect.
AsABat