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Snuffy
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PostFri Sep 11, 2020 7:57 pm 
We hiked the length of the Entiat River Trail this last weekend and took a very brief detour (accidentally) down to Snowbrushy Meadows. I snapped a picture of a blackened sign on a tree and when I got home and looked at the picture this THING was in the background like a metal poltergeist or sasquatch. We hadn't noticed it at all!
It looks like some kind of rocket, windmill contraption with a paint can on top! Anyone know what it might be???

You don't find yourself standing at the top of a mountain without having started out in the valley.
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PostFri Sep 11, 2020 8:54 pm 
Surprisingly, it’s a windscreen for a rain gauge. But you’re totally right, looks liked an alien has landed.. If you search for “alter shielded rain gauge” you should find what you’re looking for.

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PostFri Sep 11, 2020 9:26 pm 
Thank you, Jaberwock! It looks like it could be for snow, too?

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PostSat Sep 12, 2020 8:10 am 
Snuffy wrote:
Thank you, Jaberwock! It looks like it could be for snow, too?
The snow pillow would generally be down low. See https://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/about/mon_automate.html

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PostSat Sep 12, 2020 1:28 pm 
Sorry, but you can't solve this thing until this thing is solved. Ongoing since 2007. I should bump it. Again.

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