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#16626 01/10/05 10:32 AM
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I live overseas, but I love looking at this website. Can Anyone tell me how much snow has fallen since last summer. Is anyone able to climb Mt Whitney via the main trail? Thank you

#16627 01/10/05 11:09 AM
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Johnny, some are saying it's the most snow in 90 years! You can see a San Diego write up at http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20050109-1556-nv-sierrastorm.html. SGhiker on our other Whitney Board posted two days ago that the snow on the main trail was over his head. Check out http://www.mt-whitney.info/viewtopic.php?t=154.

#16628 01/10/05 11:42 PM
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Wow, with so much snow this is likely to be some Summer hiking season coming up...I'm looking forward to crampons and ice ax travel in late June! Maybe camping on snow at Trail Camp....

#16629 01/11/05 03:37 AM
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Close, the last big snow year was 1998. I led a group in Bishop Pass planning to go out Kearsarge Pass the last week of July that year. Dusy Basin was completely under snow. We met George the ****** at Little Pete Meadow. He'd seen only 30 people on the trail so far that summer, and we were the only southbounders. Most PCTers flipflopped around the Sierra. We ended up bailing at Taboose Pass as the endless snow and deep water crossings, while fun, slowed our pace.

#16630 01/11/05 04:15 AM
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Road is closed by snow at ABOUT A MILE BELOW lONE PINE CAMPGROUND, Camphost left for about a month so Lone Pine Camp Ground is back to normal winter conditions, Jack and Betsy came up over the weekend and finished framing the third floor, in the snow-rain wind and good fun was had by all , this last storm hit the valley floor more than the Mountains. Rain is clearing the foothills between the stormfronts,Mountain travel now Expect the worst watch /expect slides and very high winds on the ridges and canyons, We watch the snow whip off the peaks about every day, wind blowing south on the peaks and blowing North in the valley. Thanks Doug

#16631 01/12/05 10:56 AM
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Thank you everyone for giving me a real picture of the amounbt of snow. I only wish I were there.

#16632 01/13/05 10:41 PM
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Here is a statement from the National Weather Service Office in Hanford, CA, about the recent series of storms.
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NOUS46 KHNX 132020
PNSHNX
CAZ089>099-140820-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1220 PM PST THU JAN 13 2005

...SERIES OF WINTER STORMS BRINGS ABUNDANT PRECIPITATION TO THE
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR FROM JANUARY 7TH THROUGH THE 11TH...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE WASHINGTON/OREGON COAST BROUGHT A
SERIES OF WINTER STORMS TO THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR BEGINNING
FRIDAY JANUARY 7TH. THESE STORMS CONTINUED THROUGH THE 11TH...AND
BROUGHT ABUNDANT PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION...WITH OVER 7 FEET OF
NEW SNOW REPORTED IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA ABOVE 8000 FEET.

BELOW ARE SOME RAINFALL AND SNOWFALL STORM TOTALS...

.RAINFALL...

.CENTRAL/SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY

COUNTY CITY RAINFALL

MERCED.....MERCED CITY...........2.45 INCHES
MERCED AIRPORT........2.27 INCHES
MADERA.....MADERA AIRPORT........1.45 INCH
FRESNO.....FRESNO................1.33 INCH
KINGS......HANFORD CITY..........1.22 INCH
HANFORD ASOS..........1.15 INCH
NAS LEMOORE...........1.10 INCH
TULARE.....VISALIA CITY..........1.78 INCH
VISALIA AIRPORT.......1.44 INCH
PORTERVILLE AIRPORT...1.43 INCH
KERN.......BAKERSFIELD...........1.47 INCH

.SIERRA NEVADA FOOTHILLS...

MARIPOSA...MARIPOSA..............8.57 INCHES

.KERN COUNTY DESERTS...

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE............3.89 INCHES
CHINA LAKE NAVAL WEAPONS CENTER...2.41 INCHES
MOJAVE............................3.39 INCHES
ROSAMOND..........................3.86 INCHES

.SNOWFALL

COUNTY LOCATION EST. SNOWFALL

MARIPOSA...OSTRANDER LAKE..........108.0 INCHES
TENAYA LAKE..............93.0 INCHES
MADERA.....AGNEW PASS...............98.1 INCHES
FRESNO.....WEST WOODCHUCK MEADOW...108.0 INCHES
UPPER BURNT CORRAL......103.2 INCHES
KAISER POINT.............99.6 INCHES
BISHOP PASS..............91.5 INCHES
*****CAP BASIN...........91.1 INCHES
TULARE.....FAREWELL GAP............152.5 INCHES
WET MEADOW..............123.0 INCHES
PASCEOS.................108.0 INCHES
CASA VIEJA MEADOW.......103.2 INCHES
UPPER TYNDALL CREEK......87.0 INCHES

THE ABOVE AMOUNTS ARE ESTIMATED FROM THE SNOW WATER CONTENT
USING A SNOW:WATER RATIO OF 10:1./

.SIERRA NEVADA...

MARIPOSA...TUOLUMNE MEADOWS STATION...59.0 INCHES
MARIPOSA...YOSEMITE VALLEY............11.0 INCHES
FRESNO.....HUME LAKE..................10.7 INCHES

.KERN COUNTY DESERTS...

CHINA LAKE NAVAL WEAPONS CENTER...2.0 INCHES
RIDGECREST........................2.0 INCHES
CALIFORNIA CITY...................TRACE
RANDSBURG.........................TRACE

$$

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#16633 01/14/05 03:32 AM
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TIOGA PASS ENTRY STATION - 127.3 Inch snow depth


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