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gb
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Paradise topped 200" today, and Baker is not that far behind - perhaps tomorrow. Stevens - where it is raining - has a lot of snow at 4700'. Washington Pass, Snoqualmie, and White Pass also have a lot of snow. Considering it is still mid-February with peak depths typically April 1st to 15th, pretty impressive. I wonder how much snow there is at 6500-7000'.
Mission had six hours with wind gusts over 100 today, topping at 118; White Pass had over 100 mph gusts for 4 straight hours earlier. |
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jinx'sboy
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Location: on a great circle route
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Downhill
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| Due to rain, winds, and temps >40 overnight, I lost 2.5 feet of snowpack in the last 24 hours. I am at 3000 ft, milepost 10 up the Icicle |
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timberghost
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| Where did it go to down the Icicle? |
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dave allyn
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| Once the water hits Icicle Creek it runs into the Wenatchee river, then into the Columbia river, then into the Pacific Ocean. |
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gb
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| Downhill wrote: |
| Due to rain, winds, and temps >40 overnight, I lost 2.5 feet of snowpack in the last 24 hours. I am at 3000 ft, milepost 10 up the Icicle |
That is not surprising as the low elevation east side snowpacks were low density, rotten snow. |
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timberghost
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cascadeclimber
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The good thing, IMO, is that we're getting the snow mid-winter instead of late March/April like some of the recent years. The temp changes are also more what I think of as 'normal' and help consolidate the base into something more stable and lasting for spring skiing and summer mountaineering and reduced fire hazard in August.
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If not now, when? |
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slabbyd
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| Had the pleasure of driving from Nason Creek to Bellingham via Snoqualmie Pass yesterday. Haven't driven through rain like that in a long, long time. Lots of snow above 3500'-400' obviously but what a dismal winter for low elevation snowpack much less for maintaining sanity here in town. Anyone else sick of rain yet? |
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timberghost
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| Wait until we get the week long tease of sun then another 3 weeks of rain like usual. |
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zimmertr
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I'm ready for it Timber  |
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Carbonj
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| YESSS! Spring and summer skiing looks freakin great. Today at Crystal it was total hero packed powder. |
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