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Post by Bonny on May 12, 2017 10:01:19 GMT -5
Just saw this drone footage of our state hwy department clearing snow through Yosemite. I actually camped in one of the meadows last fall on my big hike.
Hwy 120 is the road from Yosemite to Mono Lake. The pass gets up to 9,000' and crosses from the west side of the Sierras to the east where it meets 395. The road is typically closed from October 15 through May 15th.
The snow melt this year is going to be AWESOME!
www.sfgate.com/news/article/Tioga-Monitor-Sonora-Ebbetts-Pass-open-Sierra-snow-11138676.php |
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Post by phil5185 on May 12, 2017 10:12:20 GMT -5
Sounds great! We are supposed to get to 100 degrees today, phooo.  |
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Post by Bonny on May 12, 2017 10:23:35 GMT -5
Sounds great! We are supposed to get to 100 degrees today, phooo. Is today the first 100 degree day? That's a little later than the May 7th Phoenix average.
I was up in the Cave Creek area last week; hiked Elephant Butte in Spur Cross on Wednesday morning and it was getting pretty toasty by the time we finished at 10am. Glad we started at 6:30!
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Post by phil5185 on May 12, 2017 10:38:53 GMT -5
No, we already had 108 about 10 days ago followed by a few nice days of 80s. But in a couple weeks we'll be starting 100 days of 100+ degrees. That's when we go on 'Daylight Avoidance Time' - get in the house by noon and stay there until after supper, lol.
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Post by Bonny on May 12, 2017 10:41:14 GMT -5
No, we already had 108 about 10 days ago followed by a few nice days of 80s. But in a couple weeks we'll be starting 100 days of 100+ degrees. That's when we go on 'Daylight Avoidance Time' - get in the house by noon and stay there until after supper, lol. Lol at Daylight Avoidance Time. 
I'm currently at my mom's condo at La Jolla Shores. Feel sorry for me! 
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on May 12, 2017 11:07:11 GMT -5
The DOT has already informed the press that one of the passes over the Cascades they don't anticipate being open until the end of June. Normally, this pass gets opened up in April. I'm guessing that it is going to be well into Aug. before they get the road opened to Artist's Point (normally, it opens in July). Last month, the DOT went up to see what the status of the last 2.7 miles is, and found over 500 inches of snow.
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Post by alabamagal on May 12, 2017 14:49:58 GMT -5
Global Cooling!
I attended DS college graduation last Friday. It was outdoors in the evening. It was cold! I had to borrow a sweatshirt from him because I was not prepared for cold evening in May. He graduated from the rival of my alma mater, so of course he gave me one of this college sweatshirts to wear. There were no pictures taken of me in the sweatshirt!
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Post by Bonny on May 12, 2017 15:19:53 GMT -5
Global Cooling! I attended DS college graduation last Friday. It was outdoors in the evening. It was cold! I had to borrow a sweatshirt from him because I was not prepared for cold evening in May. He graduated from the rival of my alma mater, so of course he gave me one of this college sweatshirts to wear. There were no pictures taken of me in the sweatshirt! Lol, I'm in San Diego working on my mom's condo. We had a rainstorm over the weekend and I didn't have any kind of rain gear. DH is up at the cabin about 100 miles away and they got 3" of snow. Very, very unusual weather for CA in May. Our rainy season usually ends early April and doesn't start up again until late October/early November. |
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Post by tskeeter on May 13, 2017 22:17:49 GMT -5
Just saw this drone footage of our state hwy department clearing snow through Yosemite. I actually camped in one of the meadows last fall on my big hike.
Hwy 120 is the road from Yosemite to Mono Lake. The pass gets up to 9,000' and crosses from the west side of the Sierras to the east where it meets 395. The road is typically closed from October 15 through May 15th.
The snow melt this year is going to be AWESOME!
www.sfgate.com/news/article/Tioga-Monitor-Sonora-Ebbetts-Pass-open-Sierra-snow-11138676.php Could be one of those years my old boss talked about, when Tioga opens after the Fourth of July. Here, a couple of hours north of Tioga, we've had over 60 feet of snow at 9,000 feet. And it's not done yet. Had snow down to 6,000 feet last week and snow accumulations are forecasted for down to 4,500 feet during the next week. Kind of funny to see the irrigation system running during a snow squall. There is some talk that snow will remain on the ground in some spots until spring next year. Squaw Valley ski area is planning to be open weekends yet, after July 4th for as long as the snow holds out. |
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Post by Bonny on May 14, 2017 13:43:41 GMT -5
Just saw this drone footage of our state hwy department clearing snow through Yosemite. I actually camped in one of the meadows last fall on my big hike.
Hwy 120 is the road from Yosemite to Mono Lake. The pass gets up to 9,000' and crosses from the west side of the Sierras to the east where it meets 395. The road is typically closed from October 15 through May 15th.
The snow melt this year is going to be AWESOME!
www.sfgate.com/news/article/Tioga-Monitor-Sonora-Ebbetts-Pass-open-Sierra-snow-11138676.php Could be one of those years my old boss talked about, when Tioga opens after the Fourth of July. Here, a couple of hours north of Tioga, we've had over 60 feet of snow at 9,000 feet. And it's not done yet. Had snow down to 6,000 feet last week and snow accumulations are forecasted for down to 4,500 feet during the next week. Kind of funny to see the irrigation system running during a snow squall. There is some talk that snow will remain on the ground in some spots until spring next year. Squaw Valley ski area is planning to be open weekends yet, after July 4th for as long as the snow holds out. You could be right. I thought based on the pix they might have it open during the normal season but right now the Yosemite road conditions page is stating that in snow years like this the road hasn't opened until June or July. 
That's definitely going to upset some people and make a mess of the Valley.
Glad my first high country hike isn't going to be until August. And not in Yosemite.
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Post by Rob Base 2.0 on May 14, 2017 13:58:50 GMT -5
Dude you had a typo in the title of the OP
You meant Yosemite Sam |
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Post by countrygirl2 on May 20, 2017 12:34:48 GMT -5
Did you read where the global seed bank in Norway got flooded? There has been so much ice melt way beyond anticipation that water was pouring down at the entrance. It then refroze and they had to chisel their way in.
They have now added pumps so it won't flood. So far nothing damaged but they had no idea that would happen. Looks like they are taking precautions to further protect it. |
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Post by beergut on May 20, 2017 18:37:07 GMT -5
Global Cooling! I attended DS college graduation last Friday. It was outdoors in the evening. It was cold! I had to borrow a sweatshirt from him because I was not prepared for cold evening in May. He graduated from the rival of my alma mater, so of course he gave me one of this college sweatshirts to wear. There were no pictures taken of me in the sweatshirt! Did he go to Auburn? |
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