[pct-l] pics from 95

[steve_peterson at sbcglobal.net (Steve Peterson)]

"zero snow day" at upper tyndal was 7/10 in 1995, and was 7/19 in 1998.

30% of the years since 1975 it has registered zero on or before 1 June,
62% of the years it has registered zero on or before 15 June,
76% of the years it has registered zero on or before 19 June.

The last six years, zero snow day has been 6/18, 6/1, 5/26, 5/29, 6/5, and 6/1

--Steve (who also buries his nose in snow records...)

Brick Robbins wrote:
> 95 wasn't as bad as 98, but it was pretty wet that year (Strider, how 
> did it rate in late season snowpack?). I left Campo in June, doing about 
> 30 a day.
> 
> Here are some pics I took going over Forester on July 13 1995.
> http://www.fastpack.com/brick/forester.html
> 
> I had more or less continuous snow above 9000ft from Big Horn Plateau 
> (just north of Whitney) to North of I-80. I almost died crossing Bear 
> Creek, and was plenty scared many many times. I broke through the snow 
> (100% coverage) descending to Benson Lake north of Yosemite, and fell 
> into a hidden creek up to my waist. Many days, after endless trudging 
> through sun cups, all I could think was "is this snow ever going to end?
> 
> This was before PCT-L so I didn't know what anyone else was doing. I 
> departed so late in the season that I saw my first thru-hikers around 
> Walker Pass. I met my next thru hikers just north of I-80 and the last 
> band in Mt Lassen NP. I was pretty lonely.
> 
> I'll scan som photos from 95 so you can see what it looked like
> 
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