[pct-l] July snow pack between Tuolumne Meadows and Lake Tahoe

[leo-spencer at comcast.net (leo-spencer@comcast.net)]

Thanks Jeff, 

It is interesting to examine past snowpack data to try to devine the future snowpack.  My swag is lots of snow this season with a high  spring runoff, a bumpercrop of mosquitos and plenty of July snow on the ground from Kennedy Measows through Tahoe. Betcha a Pacifico..

Leo.

> Judson Brown wrote: 
> 
> > This is all assuming a normal year, etc. 
> >/pct-l 
> > 
> > 
> As has been said, this is the crux of the issue. In 1992 my girlfriend 
> and I met the first wave of northbounders just south of Sierra City. 
> One woman asked us if there was any more snow. She had a haunted look 
> in her eyes. We told her no, there was none between there and Belden at 
> least, where we'd started. There was lots of snow that year from Sierra 
> City south. The big piles in the trail where you go up for four feet, 
> walk four feet, and slide down for four feet. So tiring - no rhythm. 
> 
> There was a website one of the guys on the PCT list created that charted 
> snow depth over the course of a hiking season for about 10 or 15 years. 
> It was color coded and a great way to compare the current year's snow 
> depth to previous years. Does anyone know where that site is? Is it up? 
> 
> Jeff Olson 
> Laramie WY 
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> http://mailman.hack.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l From dervish at cox.net  Tue Dec 14 23:08:59 2004
From: dervish at cox.net (dervish)
Date: Tue Dec 14 23:18:41 2004
Subject: [pct-l] Slap Me Some Gearskin!
Message-ID: <6DF89DBA-4E57-11D9-94CD-000D93B82BA2@cox.net>

Hey, I've got a bit of experience with the Moonbow Gearskin. Mine 
weighs in at 24 oz. and was constructed from 200 denier cordura, the 
mid-weight option as far as the fabrics Jonathan (the proprietor) 
offers. Mine has a HUGE rear pocket made from a mesh similar to the 
pockets on the Golite Breeze, if you're familiar with that pack. If you 
are considering this pack, you simply MUST check out Sgt. Rock's site 
at www.hikinghq.net as he's got a much more comprehensive review than I 
could ever feebly pound out on my keyboard. Jonathan was a real joy to 
work with: easy to get a hold of, quick to respond to my many emails 
and quite knowledgeable. I originally purchased the pack for my 
"bivy-ing" days. I really wanted a system whereby I could just "pop" 
open my bedroll after a long day of hiking. I really enjoy hiking just 
about until dark, right up to that, "I'd better get out my headlamp 
here soon" moment. So the Gearskin worked beautifully for that. I would 
lay the Gearskin flat. I would place my bivy with the RidgeRest and 
sleeping bag already inside of it on top then place my various stuff 
sacks (food, clothing, ditty) on top of the bivy. I then simply folded 
it ala the moonbow website, snapped the buckles, cinched it up tight 
and donned the pack. But the magic was when I settled down for the 
night! I simply unsnapped the buckles, set aside the stuff sacks . . . 
. and just crawled into the bivy for the night!
Eer . . .  uh . . . but now that I use Henry's Virga Tarptent, I, uh, 
<cough>  . . . . uh, don't really use it at all any longer . . . . 
mmmmmm. . . . uh, yeah. . . ..
-dervish
www.trailjournals.com/dervish