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Re: Sierra snow
Posted:
Mon Feb 20, 2017 5:53 pm
by tbaranski
So another ~5ft of snow in the mountains today and tomorrow I hear. At what point does it start becoming plausible that places at reasonably low elevations like Bishop/Morgan pass will still be under snow in August? Or is that impossible?
Re: Sierra snow
Posted:
Mon Feb 20, 2017 8:18 pm
by Tom Kenney
tbaranski wrote:So another ~5ft of snow in the mountains today and tomorrow I hear. At what point does it start becoming plausible that places at reasonably low elevations like Bishop/Morgan pass will still be under snow in August? Or is that impossible?
This was 0.5km above Blue Lake, Sabrina Basin, on July 4th, 2005:
Re: Sierra snow
Posted:
Mon Feb 20, 2017 9:02 pm
by fedak
> At what point does it start becoming plausible that places at reasonably low elevations like Bishop/Morgan pass will still be under snow in August?
When it stops being one of the warmest years in recorded history.
Re: Sierra snow
Posted:
Tue Feb 21, 2017 1:30 am
by Teresa Gergen
Mount Goode on the right, taken on the way up to Bishop Pass, July 12, 2011:
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Looking south from Mt. Dana on July 13, 2011:
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Current CA snowpack chart, comparing this year, 2010-2011, and average (see
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cdecapp/snowap ... art.action):
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Re: Sierra snow
Posted:
Tue Feb 21, 2017 2:16 am
by seano
Thanks for the comparison with 2011. The pack companies had some cowboys shoveling snowbanks on the trail to Bishop pass on July 27 that year, so those used to the drought-stricken Sierra since then could be in for a surprise.
Re: Sierra snow
Posted:
Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:50 pm
by DukeJH
Summer 2011 was my first season in the Sierra and boy was I surprised to see so much snow! The last few years have been really disappointing.
Re: Sierra snow
Posted:
Wed Feb 22, 2017 9:48 pm
by fedak
Re: Sierra snow
Posted:
Thu May 11, 2017 11:05 pm
by AceSierra
Does anyone have any guesses when TPR might open? I saw a way cool flyover video of the removal operation on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crECtMJQ3OAStill pretty early, but there is an ungodly amount up there. Also, generally speaking, does Sonora Pass open before or after Tioga?
I hope the passes are open before July!
Re: Sierra snow
Posted:
Fri May 12, 2017 3:19 am
by fedak
Sonora almost always opens before Tioga. Sonora East/West crews are currently 7 miles from meeting. Tioga is at least a month out, maybe as much as two.
http://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/i ... tioga-passAnd the stuff at 7k I posted above is completely melted out
Re: Sierra snow
Posted:
Sun May 14, 2017 1:54 am
by tedryan10
Interested in doing Lone Pine Peak NW slope the first week of June. I'm betting there's good snow in the chute but am wondering if I'll have a hard time getting up to Grass Lake in the first place.
Re: Sierra snow
Posted:
Mon May 15, 2017 11:59 pm
by The Defiant One
Odds of 120 being open on June 1st? Or 108?
Re: Sierra snow
Posted:
Tue May 16, 2017 4:43 am
by Foxtail
120 no way. 108 50/50.
Re: Sierra snow
Posted:
Tue May 16, 2017 5:13 am
by The Defiant One
Thanks @Foxtail ... that's about what I figured. Appreciate the beta
Re: Sierra snow
Posted:
Tue May 16, 2017 8:21 pm
by sharperblue
108 will be open for sure by then
Re: Sierra snow
Posted:
Tue May 23, 2017 5:00 am
by fedak
Last update had Sonora Pass East/West plow crews 3 miles from meeting