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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 13, 2014 - 07:48pm PT
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Harley (the cat) boiled outside to go to the catbox in the wild, this morning, and stuck inside the rest of the day.
I had two longer journeys with the big garbage can on wheels, down to the country road for pickup, and later, back to house.
I had to keep repeating to myself: "bend ze knees und stay flexible." Austrian Ski Instructor wisdom to a young Fritz back in the 1950's in Sun Valley, Idaho.
Got any "Early Winter, cold as Schist stories?"
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Nov 13, 2014 - 07:55pm PT
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You don't have wolf-proof trash cans...?
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Nov 13, 2014 - 07:59pm PT
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Hey it's winter alright in California. I put on a long sleeve shirt to go to the climbing gym last night. I even brought a light synthetic fleece jacket just in case, but that was an overreaction.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Nov 13, 2014 - 08:00pm PT
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Winter came early here in SoCal this year. I wore long pants today.
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Bob Harrington
climber
Bishop, California
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Nov 13, 2014 - 08:00pm PT
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That's lame, the 'except for Cali' part. There were some clouds coming over the crest like little cat's feet at sunset though...
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bergbryce
climber
East Bay, CA
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Nov 13, 2014 - 08:24pm PT
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I'm honored to post after Bob Harrington.
I'll report it did indeed rain this morning here and something weird was certainly going on with the weather because the fish stopped biting yesterday. But I was wearing shorts by 3 pm.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado, Nepal & Okinawa
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Nov 13, 2014 - 08:25pm PT
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We're freezing here in Colorado. We just had the coldest Nov. 12 night since they started keeping track in 1882.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 13, 2014 - 08:28pm PT
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I am so happy for your blessed California lives.
Of course you folks have a different definition of cold weather.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Nov 13, 2014 - 08:28pm PT
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I hear ya Chaz, I've had pants on for THREE DAYS! The other morning the wife fired up
the gas fireplace! It's brutal I tell you!
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Nov 13, 2014 - 08:39pm PT
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I only fire up the heater a few times each year. Bringing three big dogs in keeps my tiny joint warm on all but the coldest California nights.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Nov 13, 2014 - 08:45pm PT
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Finally got above zero here in Denver today. . .
more snow on the way!
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the museum
climber
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Nov 13, 2014 - 08:53pm PT
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From this morning... 11-13-14
the museum
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 13, 2014 - 08:53pm PT
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You folks in California as so-lucky to be there and I am so-happy for your wonderful lives.
Rush hour yesterday was pretty tough in Choss Creek.
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Nov 13, 2014 - 08:55pm PT
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It was chilly today with a short sleeve shirt in San Francisco, but not as cold as a usual August day.
The weather has been weirdly warm since spring this year. No cold fog.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nov 13, 2014 - 09:20pm PT
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My sister Lenna told me they stayed in all day at Cedar Ridge in Sonora. She said that they'd had about an inch up there.
It was a bit cold, like 60 degrees this afternoon, though...California winter.
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Nov 13, 2014 - 11:30pm PT
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Bagging on California on a California-based site is so cool, so now, so wow.
It's actually supposed to get cold in Bishop on Sunday - we have had a good run - yesterday at Clark Canyon:
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Nov 13, 2014 - 11:50pm PT
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50 is perfect slab climbing weather in Squamish....
Kieran on the Technician 12b
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Nov 13, 2014 - 11:56pm PT
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Mammoth opened today, got to act quick to get he ripping deal on the Mammoth/Big Bear/Snow Summit annual pass. Price jumps 200 bucks in a couple days.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Nov 14, 2014 - 01:34am PT
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hey there say, fritz... wow, thanks for the cat pic...
and say, for your neat dramatic intro, in to winter, for us...
:)
i know, :( though, not much winter for parts of calif...
we got our first snow, for our city... the technically first storm,
missed and had gone up to canada, though it DID hit the more nothern part of mich... just missed us, until today...
:)
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Nov 14, 2014 - 06:24am PT
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Especially in the summer.
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kaholatingtong
Trad climber
Nevada City
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Nov 14, 2014 - 07:09am PT
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and this is why Californians are the best rock climbers; we get to climb it outdoors year round.
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Menlo Park
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Nov 14, 2014 - 07:14am PT
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It was about 85 in the Saline Valley on Tuesday ....
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Nov 14, 2014 - 07:18am PT
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85 sounds great...
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Nov 14, 2014 - 07:21am PT
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5 inches of new on our deck with more expected tonite thru tomorrow.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Nov 14, 2014 - 07:31am PT
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That looks to be an excellent deal. I have no idea what prices are these days but even at $50.00 thats only sixteen days to recapture your investment.*
Makes you almost want to get back on the slopes.
*Gas, oil, taxes and lodging extra.
We all know about lumber, but are there various plastic foams, fibreglass, kevlar and carbon fiber taxes? Aluminum (poles)?
EDIT:
OK double that, 32 days
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Nov 14, 2014 - 07:36am PT
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$50 for a lift ticket? HA! Wouldn't that be nice.
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WBraun
climber
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Nov 14, 2014 - 07:52am PT
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Just see the Americans drive many many miles to park their car to drink the beer ......
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Captain...or Skully
climber
in the oil patch...Fricken Bakken, that's where
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Nov 14, 2014 - 10:16am PT
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Winter ain't even close yet. Ya'll need to straighten up yer petticoats.
Winter indeed. This is just deep Autumn.
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Branscomb
Trad climber
Lander, WY
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Nov 14, 2014 - 10:36am PT
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Thursday am it was -22 deg F at our house (Lander), this am we had a heat wave and it was only -8. 3-4" of snow out of it: very dry Arctic stuff.
Pretty rude. It was 65 degrees on Sunday. We went climbing in the Sinks in Tshirts and shorts. Monday the high was 20 and snowing and went down from there. Welcome to Wyoming.
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Dolomite
climber
Anchorage
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Nov 14, 2014 - 11:03am PT
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Report from Anchorage: twenty degrees warmer than normal, until this morning--a little colder now. The 3 inches of snow we got last month is long gone. Hasn't been cold enough to make snow at the resorts. Weirdness.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Nov 14, 2014 - 11:08am PT
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It was bitter cruel here in the foothills this morning.
Plummeted to 58 when I picked up my boy from basketball last night. Good thing I had a sweater in the car.
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Roots
Mountain climber
Tustin, CA
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Nov 14, 2014 - 11:09am PT
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In OC, we actually had a good amount of rain on November 1. That same storm left, 3" of snow in the local mountains..not a bad start. It'll be 80 this Sunday though.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Nov 14, 2014 - 11:16am PT
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Up to 28 in Denver now--but more snow's a'comin tonight & morrow!
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2014 - 11:31am PT
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Thanks for chiming in fellow sufferers. My apologies to those that thought I was somehow picking on California in my thread title.
I really respect & love California & Californians! Some of my best friends are Californians! Of course I wouldn't want my sister to marry one.
Ekat: Those Grizz tracks are impressive. Hope it goes to sleep for the winter soon.
Raining off the snow here today, then the deep freeze kicks on overnight with a low of 8 f. predicted for Sat. night.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Nov 14, 2014 - 11:36am PT
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Fritz, quit being a big baby, before I un-friend you on Facebook.
Your jealous panties are starting to show.
BWA HA HA hahahaa!!!!
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Nov 14, 2014 - 12:04pm PT
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True. It's not raining in San Diego yet.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado, Nepal & Okinawa
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Nov 14, 2014 - 12:10pm PT
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The hard thing about this last storm is that the weather changed so abruptly.
It was 77 degrees in eastern Colorado the day before the storm hit and we were still working in our gardens. I finished planting my last flower bulbs with an inch of snow on my head and shoulders.
The wildlife was caught by surprise also. That's why eKat had a bear on her deck and why my mother in western Colorado surprised one outside the window of her senior housing.
The really weird thing to contemplate is that this storm was provoked by one of the most powerful super typhoons in Japanese history.Since typhoons are super hot and humid, the idea of one of those forcing arctic air south is something I'm still trying to wrap my mind around.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
in the oil patch...Fricken Bakken, that's where
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Nov 14, 2014 - 04:22pm PT
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What suffering? It's fricking nice out.
If you're suffering NOW, you're really gonna hate later.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Nov 14, 2014 - 04:27pm PT
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Oh the suffering......lol.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado, Nepal & Okinawa
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Nov 14, 2014 - 06:02pm PT
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I counted five formations of Canadian geese headed south yesterday while I was shoveling the walks. Obviously humans weren't the only ones surprised by the storm.
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thebravecowboy
climber
walking, resin-stained, towards the goal
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Nov 14, 2014 - 06:09pm PT
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john hansen
climber
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Nov 14, 2014 - 06:15pm PT
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Hey E kat, keep an eye out for snowy owl's.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2014 - 06:18pm PT
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Boise got about 6-8" of snow yesterday & this morning, with more expected overnight. The low there for Sat. night is 2 f.
Their local news tonight showed the scramble to remove snow from the BSU football field and clean stadium seats. It looked like the field was still snowy, wet, & fuked for football, with a hard freeze tonight.
San Diego State plays football there Sat. night, starting at 8:15 P.M. It should be an interesting California warm vs Idaho cold "reality-check."
I can hardly wait for Idaho's version of the "ice-bowl."
ESPN2.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Nov 14, 2014 - 07:44pm PT
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Temperature might dip below freezing in Seattle tonight. I'm scared. What should I do?
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2014 - 07:48pm PT
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Ghost! Save the peppers!
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Pajamas
climber
Wilderness, Home
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Nov 14, 2014 - 07:50pm PT
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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Nov 14, 2014 - 08:23pm PT
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I took this from my front door, opened just enough to let the dogs out. Aah, sunrise.
My wife just got on a big "we need snowshoes" kick, so I bought us a pair for her birthday on Sunday. We just may have to use 'em.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2014 - 08:25pm PT
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Edge! Gneiss photo! Looks cold!
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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Nov 14, 2014 - 08:29pm PT
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Fritz, cold it was, but I think it was colder down in the canyons closer to Boulder than it was here at 8100'. At least it felt that way to me.
An amazing amount of the snow in this picture melted today while I was at work.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Nov 15, 2014 - 05:49am PT
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Pajamas, WHOA! Steep Tech Pants from 1992.. The poles are about 10 years older maybe.. hehe at least the ski's are newer :) Ahh well I have some Items from 89 I still use too.
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Nov 15, 2014 - 06:38am PT
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WINTER IS HERE, for most all the U.S. except for California.
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Pajamas
climber
Wilderness, Home
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Nov 15, 2014 - 07:28am PT
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quote "Pajamas, WHOA! Steep Tech Pants from 1992.. The poles are about 10 years older maybe.. hehe at least the ski's are newer :) Ahh well I have some Items from 89 I still use too."
My rainbow bibs ROCK! Savage Gear pack from 1994. Mid 2000's boots and skis. 1080Guns for the groomers;)
I borrowed those race poles from a buddy for the day. Didn't know what a piece of history they were til hanging at Copper watching the US team smashing gates, hoping I didn't face plant getting off the chair.
I can barely ski btw. First day at a resort in 7 years. It was big FUN, and I didn't die.
I got my fancy long underroos on under there, and the good stuff on top. Rab Xenon X parka. Super nice.
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Dolomite
climber
Anchorage
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Nov 16, 2014 - 09:32am PT
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November 15 at about 4,000 feet in the Chugach. I've seen more snow in July. C'mon winter, bring it!
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Nov 16, 2014 - 09:36am PT
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A bitter bone chilling 46 here in Newcastle this morning.
Shall I post pics?
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Nov 16, 2014 - 12:44pm PT
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Fritz...12 inches last night....3 to 4 feet up high during the past three days!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Nov 16, 2014 - 12:56pm PT
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Surely you forgot the - sign in front of 30.
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Nov 16, 2014 - 01:13pm PT
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That reminds me, I have clean by pool again tonight.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Nov 16, 2014 - 01:42pm PT
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I just went for a mtn bike ride, and though it's not really winter here I gots to say, breathing 30°air at an aerobic rate through stich holes in the schnozzola is a tingly experience!
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 16, 2014 - 04:20pm PT
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Low in Choss Creek this morning was 1 degree f. It made it up to 33 degrees for a high, but the sunlight is melting the snow on our lawn and driveway.
Spider! I feel for you having to clean the pool, you poor bastard.
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Aurora Colorado
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Nov 16, 2014 - 06:16pm PT
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Up on Lumpy Ridge today.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
in the oil patch...Fricken Bakken, that's where
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Nov 16, 2014 - 08:09pm PT
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Some of y'all should really work on not being such big pusses. You need a Fricken waaambulance.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Nov 16, 2014 - 08:14pm PT
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Got up to 19. Warmest in a week. 50mph wind gusts and snow though.
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Nov 16, 2014 - 08:26pm PT
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Our high was 20 degrees F here on Log Hill today . . . 6 inches of snow last night. This is the first "real" winter storm at our elevation of 7800' and certainly our coldest night, currently at a balmy 7 degrees F.
It was 60 F last Saturday!
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Bob Harrington
climber
Bishop, California
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Nov 16, 2014 - 08:32pm PT
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You guys are killin' me. Send some winter out my way. There's about an inch of snow at 10k in Bishop Creek drainage. Endless summer is nice and everything, but I'd like to go skiing (and also see this drought end).
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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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Nov 16, 2014 - 08:41pm PT
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Woke up to 19 F today here at 5500' in the PahRah range a little north and east of Reno. Still no snow , but a one inch dusting at 7500' in the Selenite Range. Lots of great granite there also.
Going to get colder here tonight. We just need some precip to go along with it. Damn drought.
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Nov 16, 2014 - 08:43pm PT
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Such a disparity Bob . . . I sure hope you all get some serious snow. The higher elevations of the San Juan are probably sitting under 2-3' right now.
Bring your sticks and you can stay at our house!
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Nov 16, 2014 - 10:23pm PT
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45 degrees today...
Felt like 60 at the crag!!
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 16, 2014 - 10:28pm PT
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45 degrees today...
Wtf? I thought you were one of those metric feckers. Are you just trying to be gneiss? I appreciate it.
Are you guys in Squish languishing in this fine weather as we are in Seattle? Sure it is a bit chilly but the sun is bright and not a cloud in the sky. Just barely freezing at night.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Nov 16, 2014 - 11:04pm PT
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Wtf? I thought you were one of those metric feckers. Are you just trying to be gneiss? I appreciate it.
Lol.. I am!! I just figured if i said 8c, no one would really get it... Lol
Am i languishing??? Hell yes!!! It's gorgeous!! Very unusual nov weather..
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 16, 2014 - 11:46pm PT
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What is unusual? On our puny timescale? I still love it. The Eternal Moment.8)
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Nov 16, 2014 - 11:51pm PT
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Can't beat it bud.
Grand wall looks nice and warm!
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Nov 16, 2014 - 11:52pm PT
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Minneapolis has been below freezing since November 10. That's one week.
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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Nov 17, 2014 - 05:38am PT
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As I head south and west - it is colder than where I left from.... High of 34 with freezing rain, this morning in Springfield, Tennessee. I think it will be a day spent at the library if it doesn't warm up. I know how to drive in snow and ice, but it is stressful, and I don't have much confidence in the way others drive.
It will be SO nice when the weather gets back to normal.
It IS going to get back to normal, right????
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Nov 17, 2014 - 06:17am PT
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Lake Effect has started,sudden work stoppage's begin.:)
I heard 2 foot...
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Nov 17, 2014 - 07:02am PT
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great photo..
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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Nov 17, 2014 - 08:48am PT
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Wilbeer... Beautiful! Growing up near Lake Erie that brings back memories! Mixed feelings about how much I miss it!
Susan
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Nov 18, 2014 - 10:17am PT
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LOL.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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Nov 18, 2014 - 05:33pm PT
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Yeah Wilbeer.....my brother reports 45 inches of snow in my hometown, near Erie, and expecting 50" by Thursday!
Fun??!!??
Susan
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 18, 2014 - 06:16pm PT
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That's a impressive "Lake-effect" snowstorm in western NY state and surrounding areas. Watched reports on NBC News tonight, and some areas are getting 6' of snow with more expected. Supposedly it's the earliest/biggest storm to impact that area so heavily.
(Of course it's not related to global warming.) I don't watch Fox Snews, but they likely made a point of adding that information.
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bergbryce
climber
East Bay, CA
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Nov 18, 2014 - 06:24pm PT
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I've always been awe struck by those incredible lake effect storms. I even considered SUNY Buffalo for my masters in hopes of experiencing a couple. Never materialized.
Cool pic from NOAA today
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Nov 18, 2014 - 06:29pm PT
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I talked with a buddy of mine who lives in Hamburg, a southern suburb of Buffalo,he has over 70 inches and it is still coming down.
It has the potential to exceed the 24 hour record for snowfall with another 2 feet predicted tonight.
Snowing 4-6 inches per hour there now.
Me,an hour east,not so much,but, plenty in the hills south of here.
60-70 mph winds and whiteouts now.
Angry weather.
It was 70 here this past monday and it is going to be 60 by tuesday.
Lake effect snow skis like steamboat powder.Off to it in the morning.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Nov 18, 2014 - 06:57pm PT
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When Lake Erie is this warm and this kind of cold hits,well[Click to View YouTube Video]
It is a machine.
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Dolomite
climber
Anchorage
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Nov 19, 2014 - 09:49am PT
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Meanwhile, here in Anchorage: 47 degrees F on my morning commute. W.T.F?
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grey thunder
Trad climber
Hanover, NH
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Nov 19, 2014 - 03:04pm PT
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Our son and his wife live in Buffalo. By this morning they had over six feet of snow on level ground. Then there were spots with over seven feet in drifted areas. Tomorrow two more feet is expected. It's simply unbelievable.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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Nov 19, 2014 - 03:08pm PT
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My big bro, down by Lake Erie, had to shovel his way OUT of his house at the front door. Back door ok since it's up higher and off a deck.
Whew, so glad I'm a west coaster now.
Susan
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Nov 19, 2014 - 03:11pm PT
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All that snow is going to waste, a big warmup is coming and pretty soon it will all be in Lake Erie.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Nov 19, 2014 - 05:17pm PT
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We did not have as much here,but it surly was not wasted.
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Bluelens
climber
Pasadena, CA
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Nov 19, 2014 - 08:00pm PT
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Does anyone else use Twitter to follow the weather?
@NWSLosAngeles
@NWSHanford - for Central CA
@NWSSacramento
Etc.
great photos, data summaries, tidbits. Weather geeks, you are invited to follow your favorites.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Nov 19, 2014 - 08:06pm PT
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Nov 19, 2014 - 08:14pm PT
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^^What's that scary white stuff in the background?
Aaaah!
;-)
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 19, 2014 - 08:22pm PT
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Wilbeer! The drone video was interesting, because of the snow & storm, for a while. (I only lasted 3 minutes)
I'm amazed it could fly in those conditions.
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John M
climber
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Nov 20, 2014 - 12:18pm PT
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buffalo is just getting hammered… why couldn't that fall someplace where we could put it to good use..
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Nov 20, 2014 - 01:54pm PT
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There is the left coast and the northleft coast, the southeast coast is far from left.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
in the oil patch...Fricken Bakken, that's where
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Nov 20, 2014 - 02:54pm PT
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We just entered a heatwave...30s today...talk of 40s on the way.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Nov 20, 2014 - 03:03pm PT
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Nov 20, 2014 - 03:26pm PT
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New one day snowfall record.
One could imagine in 3-4 days Buff received more snow than most American cities receive in one season and it is november.
And it is still coming .....
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Nov 20, 2014 - 03:37pm PT
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More snow than most cities receive in a decade.
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bergbryce
climber
East Bay, CA
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Nov 20, 2014 - 03:41pm PT
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Do people really go to Buffalo for culture? I thought they went there because it's a cheap place to hold a conference.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Nov 20, 2014 - 03:49pm PT
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I do selfishly revel in snow.
This storm is something different,peoples roofs are collapsing .
The forecast is for rain and 50's this weekend,that new weight with all of this snow.
Well I am hoping for the best.
Edit ; Actually,Buffalo ,outside of Pittsburgh,is probably my favorite city to hang in.[Here in the east]
Very Liberal.
People there know how to let their hair down.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Nov 20, 2014 - 04:16pm PT
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Bitter winter conditions in Newcastle today! Chilly, foggy, drizzle drizzle, clearing, fog.
Made it to 60 this afternoon though, WOOT!
Clearer right now than it's been all day.
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Nov 20, 2014 - 04:22pm PT
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Wilbeer, that photo is just amazing!
It was cloudy here today in SoCal. I sure wish we'd get some rain!
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Nov 20, 2014 - 04:29pm PT
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I hope you folks receive some as well.
I still remember my 3 years in SoCal.It rained 4 times,hard to get a handle on that growing up over here.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 20, 2014 - 05:14pm PT
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It took a little while for the height of the humans vs the height of the snow, in the photo that Wilbeer posted, to sink in.
Holy Schist! That's a lot of snow!
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Nov 20, 2014 - 06:40pm PT
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Totally Localized.
It is kind of crazy,less than 70 miles away ,some friends were mountain biking in good dry conditions.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Nov 20, 2014 - 06:56pm PT
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I know someone who grew up in Hamburg, NY (suburb of Buffalo).
She marred my friend from Alaska so she could move somewhere with better weather.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Nov 20, 2014 - 07:06pm PT
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I would wager she misses Buffalo.....lol.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Nov 20, 2014 - 07:22pm PT
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HaHaHa! That was a bona fide Freudian slip that is all too true,
at least if you talk to him.
I can't believe they moved the Bills' game to Detroit this Sunday.
What a bunch of woosies.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Nov 21, 2014 - 06:17am PT
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7 feet of snow in Buffalo?????
Whew!
Now they're calling for 60 degrees and rain there!
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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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Nov 21, 2014 - 06:41am PT
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Im at Stonybrook university today visiting my daughter. Blustery and cool but none of that lake effect snow made it as far as Long Island. The seven feet of snow in Buffalo; now that would be a sight I haven't seen since my young days at Tahoe. Wonder how long it will taje them to dig out and get back to some semblance of normality?
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 21, 2014 - 07:58am PT
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From AP http://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/as-snow-ends-roof-collapses-floods-are-concerns/ar-BBeNeMr
Even for the Buffalo area — one of the snowiest and hardiest places in America — this was one for the history books. The three-day total is close to the nearly 8 feet that the region typically gets over an entire year.
Because the Buffalo area is so snowy, building codes require homes and businesses to be able to handle up to 50 pounds per square foot on their roofs, which would be about as heavy as a slab of concrete 4 inches thick, according to Mark Bajorek, a structural engineer.
As anyone who has ever shoveled snow knows, its weight depends in part on how wet or fluffy it is, not just on how deep it is. But Bajorek said some buildings may be close to that limit now, with more precipitation on the way.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
in the oil patch...Fricken Bakken, that's where
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Nov 21, 2014 - 09:47am PT
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Guess Winter's over then, right?
Just in keeping with the reactionary spirit...lol.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 28, 2014 - 11:48am PT
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I just found this link to a Jimmy Kimmel show from Jan 19, 2013, when Southern California had to endure cold temps. Pretty Funny to the rest of the country!
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nov 28, 2014 - 12:59pm PT
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Thanks, Freetz. I don't know how cold it is up your way, but down here in sunny California it's not yet time to worry my plastic Jesus yet.
[Click to View YouTube Video]Sixty-eight balmy degrees today.
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Nov 28, 2014 - 01:13pm PT
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It is colder today, I do not think we are going to hit 85 at the beach again
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Nov 28, 2014 - 01:43pm PT
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My back yard two days ago
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pb
Sport climber
Sonora Ca
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Nov 29, 2014 - 07:42am PT
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rain rain your OK
we can climb anyway
well, perhaps, another day
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Nov 29, 2014 - 08:14am PT
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Has winter started yet???
It sure seems to have started here in Seattle. Day before yesterday was (I think) a record high, but this morning I woke up to snow. Snow!
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Nov 29, 2014 - 08:38am PT
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Snow all over the south coast today bud! Oh wait.. You're in the pnw.. :)
Edit: vvvvvvvvvv Nice Mouse!!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nov 29, 2014 - 08:52am PT
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It's raining pretty hard here.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
in the oil patch...Fricken Bakken, that's where
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Nov 29, 2014 - 01:17pm PT
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Ok, I guess it's getting "Winterish" out there...our high was this morning around dawn..about 9 or 10+...been falling all day. It's 0 now...supposed to be -10 or so tonight with a 20 per north wind. Should be excellent.:-)
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Nov 29, 2014 - 04:01pm PT
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Moose.....Angela and I are going to Phoenix for rock and sun. Down to Patagonia on 12/11. Sunset at 10:00 PM and sunrise at 5:45 AM when we get there...works for me. I hope you guys get dumped on while I'm gone.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Nov 29, 2014 - 05:36pm PT
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Western New York ,in places ,has received close to 100 inches of snow this fall.
Here I am ragging about not enough.
It will be 60 here tommorow,bonus mountain cycling.
It is still Fall.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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Nov 29, 2014 - 06:28pm PT
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Kirkwood is expecting 1-3 feet over the next few days. The resort is still closed. Really? I thought temps were headed upwards. Good news.
Anyway, passes purchased and fingers still crossed from last year. They are getting sore. Hopefully to get some Kirkwood skiing in before heading to Bozeman.
Perhaps we can cross paths up at Kirkwood....I'll be on the lookout for ya....Thunder Saddle perhaps!?
Susan
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Nov 30, 2014 - 12:20am PT
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hey there say, all... thanks for the weather reports..
just got a great photo from home, in san jose, where the rain came... made the area LOOK like i remembered it, in nov, when a kid...
mouse, thanks for the new york stuff--did not get a chance to see the picks... whewwwwwww... heard about all the snow, back then, though... heard it was melting, since, too...
*last year, so much snow came here and did NOT melt FOR NEAR THE whole season, :O
this year, so far, we are 7-10 degrees colder than last winter, which was nearly 10 degrees, steady, colder than the year before, which before that, were not such drastic differences, on the whole... (summer and spring, for the most part, too, were 10 degrees diff, as well)...
wow, sure hope NEXT year is not 7-10 degrees colder, :O
but, so far, better news here, than last year:
the snow is not as steady, with the 'no melts' ...
had only about 2-4 inches, off and on (and only about 2, here, in my area) and now:
most all is melted... and will be a 'sunny' though in the 30's low = mid 20's kind of week...
so diff, than last year, wow...
course, jan and feb, have not set in yet...
last year the most wild snow shoveling many of us had to do, for (what the old timers say, was perhaps 100? years??? = but will have to check on that as to 'exactness') ... *after i find which two neighbors, SAID that, :))
:)
well, glad that my mom got to enjoy the rain, into her yard, :)
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 30, 2014 - 12:50am PT
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a thought provoking 6 inch layer of weirdness starting (at bare redwood deck level) with non-communicating pores, into graupel, then needle ice topped with cold smoke pooferschnee.
Lol.
Nobody can touch that. Ekat, you're Gold.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
in the oil patch...Fricken Bakken, that's where
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Nov 30, 2014 - 07:40am PT
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Definitely some of the most descriptive descriptions ever....yay!
It's still chilly this morning...-9 now with the Sun helping. Beautifully clear this morning.. a zillion sparkles on the snow.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Nov 30, 2014 - 07:56am PT
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No sun in our town, where we've been without power since the storm Wednesday night. Folks filling water bottles at the fire station, or buying coffee at Dunkin Donuts (who intially had it driven over from other stores, but now have their own power back) are looking kinda bedraggled. We've got a woodstove so we stay warm and cheerful, but it will be nicer when lights and the water supply come back. Another day, they tell us.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado, Nepal & Okinawa
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Nov 30, 2014 - 08:17am PT
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I just spent yesterday afternoon at the Denver Botannical gardens, walking aorund in sunshine and 70 degree weather, looking at a Chihully glass exhibet?
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Nov 30, 2014 - 08:49am PT
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*
Good rain the last two days and dumping rain today.. some fall colors still hanging on.
Yesterday on the Chico section of the Sac river, before the rain came.
Lassen National Park looking good this morning.
Locker, thanks.. I live across the street from the city park...it runs through town and up to the foothills, about 3700 acres..
Those trees are mostly Valley Oaks, the home to.. one of the largest concentration of Acorn Woodpeckers.
Errol Flynn's ~ Robin Hood was filmed here.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Nov 30, 2014 - 09:10am PT
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hey there say, chiloe... wow, i was just going to email you and see how you all were doing... had heard of folks there, being without power, still...
thanks for sharing, here...
say, nita!! thanks for sharing the 'calif that i once always knew' as to the lovely wet feel and smell, of the rains!!!!
and say, skully:
just loved this part of your share:
Beautifully clear this morning.. a zillion sparkles on the snow.
it always fascinates me, as to the snow sparkles!!
thanks so much!
our snow is now melted now... think the next for days will be sunny, but
still in the 30's, as i had recently shared... makes it feel odd, now that it is gone (for now), :))
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Nov 30, 2014 - 09:19am PT
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Definitely winter here. After a very warm Thanksgiving day, the bottom fell out of the thermometer, and the next day was White Friday instead of Black Friday.
Saturday was even colder, but Steve Grossman came over for a visit, and we took the chill off with some fine winter ales.
And there was plenty of dry firewood.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Nov 30, 2014 - 09:25am PT
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hey there say, ghost... wow, i ALWAYS wished i could have a fireplace... as, we grew up with one...
did not use it a lot, but always loved it!!!!
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Captain...or Skully
climber
in the oil patch...Fricken Bakken, that's where
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Nov 30, 2014 - 09:38am PT
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I really dig the cold times....I think one can't appreciate yang without yin.;-)
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Nov 30, 2014 - 12:05pm PT
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Winter is here finally too...
Not too much snow on the ground yet though.. I'm actually thinking about going climbing... Lol
Currently -3c in squish
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Nov 30, 2014 - 12:27pm PT
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Wooo hooo!!!! We got a few minutes of rain in South Pasadena!!!!
Actually enough for the rain drops on the ground to connect and make the whole ground look wet!!!!
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Nov 30, 2014 - 03:21pm PT
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Where's my rain dammitall - on the Central Coast getting 20 feet of wind all day with dark cumulus clouds swirling around and not a drop has hit the ground yet!
40% chance my butt!
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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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Nov 30, 2014 - 03:59pm PT
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Well I would say winter is here in the pah rah range just east of the Sierra. Steady rain and temp at 39 currently. Might see a frosting by morning.
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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I was looking at the webcam yesterday and the falls still looked spindly ...Good to see them cranking today.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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Hard rain all night in Santa Cruz....but Kirkwood says they only got an inch!
It was very warm. At 4 a.m. the outside temp here was 61. That means the mtns aren't that cold to get some good snow.
The wait is on for some California skiing.
Susan
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Pouring HARD... this am. in Chatsworth.
California full winter conditions!
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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I blame Obama.
Yup....he's cruelly playing with us. He drops gas prices to a reasonable level for long trips to the mountains, then holds back on letting it really snow. Damn, he's a crafty guy.
Susan
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John M
climber
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the car wash fairies were at it again last night. I wish they would get it right and actually get the car clean.
just a wetting here in Bullhead city.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 14, 2014 - 09:42am PT
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Break a leg, MooseKilly. You look so selfie-possessed and sefie-assured as a down-hiller. Susan, give it hell when you get up to the slopes!
MFM
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Dec 14, 2014 - 03:26pm PT
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last sundays winter only about 1/2 the route shows in that photo. My P&S climbing camera is not wide enough to show the whole route.
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YosemiteSteve
Trad climber
CA
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Dec 14, 2014 - 04:37pm PT
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This was in Giant Forest yesterday, in Sequoia Nat'l Park. Super pretty.
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Dec 14, 2014 - 04:55pm PT
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Wow Yosemitesteve - awesomely beautiful photo indeed!
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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Dec 14, 2014 - 05:36pm PT
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This photo was taken Friday, and once we rounded that distant corner and hit the sunshine, we climbed in short sleeves.
Today was a good day to stay close to home, but not necessarily inside.
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Dec 14, 2014 - 05:48pm PT
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You got a dog with no legs????
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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Dec 14, 2014 - 05:54pm PT
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^^^. Yeah, don't leave 'em leashed to a running vehicle.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Dec 14, 2014 - 07:03pm PT
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^^ Normal height for a Corgi.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 14, 2014 - 07:55pm PT
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After a week with high temps in the mid-60's here in Choss Creek, no nights below freezing, & almost no precipitation out of the blowby of the great California storm I'm starting to think we might skirt around the frosty legs of old woman winter, here in the Idaho desert.
Unfortunately, the Solstice lights on the Inukshuks just don't look as good without snow.
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crusher
climber
Santa Monica, CA
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Dec 15, 2014 - 02:14pm PT
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Edge,
Love the shot of Miss Penny, does she like playing in the snow?!
We just lost my Mom's corgi, he made it to 14 and was really awesome.
Maybe we'll all get lucky on the West Coast and this seemingly "normal" pattern of storms will continue. We're due for some more rain tonight and again on Weds.
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Dec 15, 2014 - 07:30pm PT
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*
Badger Flats in Yosemite...Good place to learn how to ski...80th.. year in operation..
Early bird season pass..$179. dollars.....Children under 12, $ 79. dollars..and college kids..$ 75 dollars for early bird season pass.... Not sure ?? but tomorrow may be the last day for super cheap prices....
http://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10155090769705105&set=vb.349945950104&type=2&theater
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labrat
Trad climber
Auburn, CA
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Dec 15, 2014 - 07:32pm PT
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I think winter has arrived in Norther California now....
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Dec 15, 2014 - 07:50pm PT
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It was definatly winter today
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Dec 19, 2014 - 10:47pm PT
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Hwy 50 today
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 20, 2014 - 09:46am PT
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What the heck is all this white stuff?
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Captain...or Skully
climber
in the oil patch...Fricken Bakken, that's where
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Dec 23, 2014 - 06:20am PT
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I'd sure prefer some Real Winter weather....this almost frozen freezing drizzle crap sucks a lot. The ditches are filling with Texans.
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Dec 23, 2014 - 09:17am PT
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Sunday I had to wear jeans on the way to swimming.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Dec 23, 2014 - 09:32am PT
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Going for a bike ride today, in the California sun. Tomorrow it's drive to the airport in the rain....
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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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Dec 23, 2014 - 12:29pm PT
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Running in shorts today. Ski areas barely open and really shouldn't be. This is the Northwest, and the least snow since the 70's.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Dec 23, 2014 - 12:54pm PT
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This is the Northwest, and the least snow since the 70's.
And record high temps in Seattle
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Dec 23, 2014 - 12:57pm PT
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The ditches are filling with Texans.
The worst snow drivers I've ever seen are Montucky aholes in 4x4 pickups. They litter the highways and roads.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Feb 15, 2015 - 08:36am PT
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It's Winter in SoCal. 85 and sunny. Wish you were here.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 15, 2015 - 08:49am PT
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hey there, say, chaz! oh i love this photo! nice touch, with the oranges... oh my, i'd love to paint it, but uh, hmmmm, well, YOU WILL see, around the FIRST week of march, or so... :))
will save this for later, ;)
very pretty, regal and fun, and oh my:
A VERY REMINDER of how calif is for my fom and family, at this
time in:
FEB! oh my... :O
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 15, 2015 - 10:00am PT
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It sure hasn't been winter-like for the last 2 weeks in South Idaho. Average highs are running 10 degrees F above the hundred year average, which works out to daytime highs in the mid 50's to mid 60's, and nighttime lows above freezing. The asparagus is up two weeks earlier than we've ever seen and the arugula & chives are happy too. Best of all: the mountain snowpacks in central & east Idaho are still near or above average.
I am kinda, sorta, starting to feel sorry for those folks in the NE US.
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kaholatingtong
Trad climber
therealmccoy from Nevada City
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Feb 15, 2015 - 10:03am PT
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Been climbing outdoors shirtless a bunch lately. It really doesn't feel like winter. Maybe there will be some spring weather...?
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L
climber
California dreamin' on the farside of the world..
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Feb 15, 2015 - 10:58am PT
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I am kinda, sorta, starting to feel sorry for those folks in the NE US.
Don't waste no tears on us, Fritz. It's -1 wind chill and 16 above with the sun shining...dang, it actually feels like spring is in the air!
If you're an eskimo.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Feb 15, 2015 - 03:49pm PT
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I really hope it doesn't top 70° , in Moab, before the end of February....
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east side underground
climber
Hilton crk,ca
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Feb 15, 2015 - 04:00pm PT
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we on a hike at 8,000 ft in shorts and t-shirt ..... sweating .........just saying
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Feb 15, 2015 - 04:01pm PT
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0F All day,-25F Tonight.
I am in good shoveling shape........lol.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Feb 15, 2015 - 04:14pm PT
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It's -1 wind chill and 16 above with the sun shining...dang, it actually feels like spring is in the air!
If you're an eskimo.
Didn't really feel like spring was in the air here Ms. L.
More like summer.
I've been outside all day in glorious sunshine, too. The temp didn't get much above 60, so it didn't quite feel like summer was here yet, but definitely close.
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EdwardT
Trad climber
Retired
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Feb 15, 2015 - 04:47pm PT
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 15, 2015 - 05:30pm PT
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hey there say, willbeer... oh my! are you eastcoast?
there were really doing awful there... all that snow... :O
thanks for sharing... we were worse last year... snowwise, but
10 degrees colder, a least, all this winter... and a few times, more, :O
having snow now, this week...
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Feb 15, 2015 - 06:16pm PT
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Dammit wilbeer...that's our snow you're getting...Went bird watching At crowley today and Mono yesterday...the gulls are back 6 weeks early and the brine flies are buzzin ....Mid 60's here...
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 16, 2015 - 02:31am PT
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hey there, say, willbeer... oh my, say, i am in mich... most of it, moved around our area, though, but say:
these last few night, i KEEP getting updates from my boston friend, every night, BY phone, and i HEAR her news on the tv. there, and whewww, it is
not good... :O
what is so funny, just now, is this:
that LINK that you sent, well, i THINK it is the same news clip that i heard her listening to, on her tv, of the newscaster, and the thundersnow, lightning, :O
i wanted to see it, as, the weatherman really did seem to 'lose it' during
that report... :O oh my...
i will go see that now... thanks for sharing...
say, take care, ... stay off roads... all kinds of squalls, still and
multi car pile ups... :)
say, warbler, are you one of chappy's friends,
say, just saying 'hey there' if so, :)
(seems i saw a post, and that you might be...)
:)
wow, i just saw the clip:
ps:
also, willbeer, NOW i understand this, as well...
she said that someone sent in a tape, of their toddler WATCHING this,
and while she was watching this, clip, my friend said:
the toddler was DANCING... lilke--dancing along with the guy...
and gigglings...
i could not FIGURE OUT WHY... why would a little kid, dance to a guy, yelling about the snow and weather...
well NOW I Know--
he looked like he was dancing up a storm, there... :))
oh my... of course, why NOT dance along... :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z11678g9PzI
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Feb 16, 2015 - 12:32pm PT
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Yeah, lots of snow here right now. However, we are a hardy bunch and it's freaking winter after all!
My 200+ year old home is hurting right now. Ice dams are the devils work. Water was dripping vigorously inside my house because of those damn ice dams on the roof.
The worst part is that, as a carpenter and homeowner, I'm unable financially to remedy this situation that I know oh so well to be damaging the frame of my beautiful old place.
On a lighter note, I spent eight hours yesterday snow blowing, fixing the snow blower, shoveling, and removing snow from roofs. At it's worst, I was moving coffee table sized chunks of ice. At it's best, I was getting a tan standing atop a ladder roof raking my home to prevent more ice dams.
The roofs I shoveled two weeks ago now have mid-thigh deep snow on them again, time to repeat the process.
The big positive is that my mom, who suffers from psychological disorders, is still keen to maintain the neighborhood. She lives down the road from me with her mum and at fifty eight is out there moving snow like a boss. Go mom!
Pretty much, it's all good here in NH.
How's everyone else doing?
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 16, 2015 - 12:44pm PT
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Yosemite Valley was very warm, so warm that we hid in the shade on a Saturday cragging session at the base of Royal Arches... and climbed in tee-shirts in the Sun on Schultz's ridge...
the central valley of California is in blossom...
and there is no water due from the sky anytime soon.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Feb 16, 2015 - 12:50pm PT
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Yes I am serious.
I was skiing down a nice pitch yesterday when I was all of a sudden freaked out by what I thought was the sound of an Avalanche above me.
It was thunder,right in the middle of a snowfall.
Then some lightning.
Unreal.
Later ,when home ,it started ice raining for a bit,in -3f temps.
Two things I have never seen.
Brandon ,I hear you about The Snow!
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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Feb 16, 2015 - 12:53pm PT
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Left Moab with daytime temps in the mid to high 60s with plenty of sunshine. Arrived Santa Cruz with temps in high 70s, hitting 80 and the beaches full. I had to remind myself several times it was Presidents' Day not Memorial Day.
Bought new-for-me crampons a few months ago. Not likely to get used.
Headed up to Yosemite on Thursday....guess I'll leave my skis and snowshoes behind.
Oh well at least my bikes are getting a good workout while the wax melts off my skis.
Family back east are in a whole different situation. Said I'd visit later in the spring!
Susan
Wilbeer and Brandon....several generations of my family back east are saying the same "never encountered anything like this". Also the ice issues are really bad and horrible bitter cold that is just unrelenting.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Feb 16, 2015 - 12:56pm PT
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Thunder snow, I love that stuff!
Haven't witnessed it in a couple of years now.
Keep it real, Wilbeer, let's do something on rock this year.
Edit; Susan, if you're here this year in more accommodating weather, I'd be stoked to show you around NH.
And Wilbeer, it's crazy that you got thunder, it usually accompanies warmer snow and it's been pretty dang cold. Super unusual.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado, Nepal & Okinawa
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Feb 16, 2015 - 12:57pm PT
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Colorado seems to be alternating between the two extremes. We have three or four days of 50 degree weather and then it snows and inch or two for a couple of days and then warms right up again. I alternately shovel snow and work in my garden ??!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 16, 2015 - 01:02pm PT
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I bet the ski area owners in Vermont and New Hampshire aren't whining.
Although maybe they are if people can't get there to spend their moolah.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Feb 16, 2015 - 01:15pm PT
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Reilly,
I live along the ten mile route from the freeway to Mt Sunapee on a state highway (well, I live on a loop off of the main route) and I can tell you that the Massachussets plates on the BMW SUV's tell a story of easy driving and mass spending at the local hill.
Salt the sh#t outta the roads and those with money will come...
At least some of us are getting a winter, and I'm a jaded Tahoe guy.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Feb 16, 2015 - 01:16pm PT
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Will do Brandon.
The Hill I was skiing has been known to slide,I have set off some good sloughs there,as I did yesterday.
Hence my fear.
And It was very cold ,but,you do not get cold with a 3 mile skin/approach.
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