Winter is coming!!!

[brandon7861]

Northern MN, which is usually good for a few feet each year, got 6" total where I am. This will be the first year we didn't have to plow our road. Most years I am plowing every other day just to keep the drifts clear where the wind from the lake blows across, but not once this year. The truck has not moved except once last week to knock the rust of the disk brakes.

 

[AudioShockwav]

So far, for us here we have had more rain than snow.
We have only had one significant snowfall at our location.
We had several snow events by this time last year.

73
Jeff

 

[whiteastro]

Getting hammered with rain here and the snow is piling up in the high county.
They have 201" of base at Kirkwood, operations had to shovel under the chair lift it's so deep.......

73
JeffView attachment 67861

Yeah I was thinking of you when I read the forecast for out there. I think you even beat Buffalo NY for snow !

 

[AudioShockwav]

Yeah I was thinking of you when I read the forecast for out there. I think you even beat Buffalo NY for snow !

Last year was epic, these pictures of the bear valley lift shows just how much snowpack there was during the 2023 season.

73
Jeff

 

[whiteastro]

Thank god I never took up skiing ! LOL

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Holy crap Jeff. We had about 18-24 inches total so far this winter. When we left for Jamaica a week ago we had about 12 inches on the ground. The week we were away we had record temps and heavy rainfall at home. We got home last night and there is no snow left. NOTHING except a little bit left in the deep ditches. We will get a bit more snow yet but at this time of year it won't last long if at all. This winter has delivered the least amount of snow in any that I can remember in my 60 years of living on this planet. We won't talk about all the years I lived on a different one.

 

[AudioShockwav]

Well "winter" in the high country is just about over.
When Tioga Pass is opened that's the last of it.
Crews have been up there for a few weeks now finding and digging out the road to get it open again.
This is a good shot of two of the snowblowers in action.
73
Jeff

 

[S&W357]

Dang that’s lots of snow!

 

[whiteastro]

That sure is beautiful but costly I hope the area makes a lot of tourist money to make up for the expense. Just a couple days ago I was reading that I think it was Montana got Blasted with a late May snow storm when everyone is in the Spring Mode. I just turned my Propane vent-free heaters back on to take the chill out. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

 

[AudioShockwav]

Tioga road is located in the eastern portion of Yosemite and provides a way to drive through the park’s high country, connecting Yosemite Valley to Highway 395, across Tioga pass at @10000' and is a huge shortcut across the Sierra to Lee Viking and Mono Lake.
Lots of visitors use this in the summer.
It was built in the late 1930s and it is the highest highway pass in California exceeding Donner Pass by a couple thousand feet.
Once opened for the season it is a well traveled road across the Sierra untill winter closes it up again.

73
Jeff