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Bargainhunter
climber
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Feb 12, 2019 - 01:46pm PT
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When Bishop locals talked about skiing Basin's couloir flat out to the Horton trailhead or Mt. Tom's Elderberry Canyon down to the sagebrush, I was incredulous. Kind of hard to imagine that in sweltering 100F summer temps, but now I'm a believer.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Feb 12, 2019 - 03:33pm PT
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We'll be tearing ACLs well into July and August!!! :)
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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Feb 12, 2019 - 09:35pm PT
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Just wait two more days!
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Jamesthomsen
Social climber
Mammoth Lakes, California
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Feb 12, 2019 - 10:45pm PT
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Last week in Mammoth. Then we had another few feet and it's starting to snow now, with an estimate of 2-3 more feet. July should be great Spring skiing.
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Scole
Trad climber
Zapopan
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Feb 13, 2019 - 09:54am PT
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It looks almost as deep as winter of 1976. We measured 27' on the ground in Walt's Ghetto. You guys are in for some deep snow, its still only mid February and most of Mammoth's snowfall is Feb/Mar.
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MarkWestman
Trad climber
Talkeetna, Alaska
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Feb 13, 2019 - 10:02am PT
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That photo reminds me of winter of 82-83 in Mammoth. Massive drifts in town, 25’ deep corridors getting into the condos. Spring skiing that year was off the hook.
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10b4me
Social climber
Lida Junction
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Feb 13, 2019 - 10:08am PT
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That photo reminds me of winter of 82-83 in Mammoth. Massive drifts in town, 25’ deep corridors getting into the condos. Spring skiing that year was off the hook.
yeah, that was a huge year.
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norm larson
climber
wilson, wyoming
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Feb 13, 2019 - 10:56am PT
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That is so great! Now get out there and ski it.
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Larry Nelson
Social climber
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Feb 13, 2019 - 11:08am PT
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Is the winter of 69 the only one with it's own bumper sticker?
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MarkWestman
Trad climber
Talkeetna, Alaska
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Feb 13, 2019 - 12:19pm PT
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Some shots from winter/spring/summer '83. Ok maybe it wasn't 25' deep in town, but it was still massive!
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aspendougy
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Feb 13, 2019 - 01:45pm PT
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Nice to get all this snow. It may slow down the renovation and re-opening of Tioga Resort.
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WBraun
climber
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Feb 13, 2019 - 01:48pm PT
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Tioga Resort will probably get crushed again.
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aspendougy
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Feb 13, 2019 - 02:03pm PT
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Yeah, unfortunately you may be right. The footprint there is so tiny, a small flat spot at the bottom of that sloping ridge. Anyone with even a cursory intuitive sense of snow pack physics can see there will always be a vector pushing both downward and outward.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Feb 13, 2019 - 10:40pm PT
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Couple more pics from Mammoth '83 storms- we showed up from LA to find our house on Evergreen completely buried.
Only the peak of the roof showing.
Had to do some epic tunneling to get down to the front door.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 13, 2019 - 11:58pm PT
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hey there say, justthemaid...
ohhhhhh myyyyyyyyyyyyyy.... :O
say, how was the house, inside... ?
just curious...
iced? etc?
thanks for sharing...
thanks, all for chipping in here, too...
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Feb 14, 2019 - 05:55am PT
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Yes Neebs- the house was completely buried under that pile of snow^^^ Pretty weird being inside the house. I was a little kid at the time- there was a narrow ice cave/chamber that completely surrounded the house about (under 20 feet of snow). It was total kid-heaven having your own ice cave for the winter. ;)
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Bad Climber
Trad climber
The Lawless Border Regions
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Feb 14, 2019 - 06:54am PT
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Hey, Maidy, thanks so much for digging up those pics. Wow!
BAd
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Feb 14, 2019 - 07:17am PT
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Wow. Makes me wish I had still had the knees to ski (at least the R one). Recently started snowboarding with the kids but so not a backcountry tool. Mark mentioned Baldy, which is getting plastered, though that is having other unintended consequences since people are having some difficulties getting up that steep narrow road in the snow.
Good thing I didn't have Bishop plans until late March...
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Bob Harrington
climber
Bishop, California
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Feb 14, 2019 - 09:08am PT
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Summit of Mammoth currently reporting winds from the SSW @ 105 mph, gusting to 172 mph. Yikes!
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TwistedCrank
climber
Released into general population, Idaho
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Feb 14, 2019 - 09:43am PT
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WBraun
climber
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Feb 14, 2019 - 09:53am PT
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If you go to the summit of Mammoth MT now one could probably wingsuit to LA lol
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 14, 2019 - 10:03am PT
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Maybe Aquaman could.
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BigB
Trad climber
Red Rock
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Feb 14, 2019 - 10:35am PT
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Stooooopid duck that'd be LV not LA
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10b4me
Social climber
Lida Junction
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Feb 14, 2019 - 10:53am PT
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hoh man 27F @ 11k
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i-b-goB
Social climber
Nutty
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Feb 14, 2019 - 11:35am PT
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Are the two different wind speed numbers for the sustained winds (lower) and the higher number for gusts?
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Rollover
climber
Gross Vegas
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Feb 14, 2019 - 11:42am PT
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^^^ 199mph at Alpine Meadows 2/20/17
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Winemaker
Sport climber
Yakima, WA
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Feb 14, 2019 - 11:45am PT
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The upper number is current wind speed; the lower is maximum recorded since reset; notice the little green marker. Sort of like a tachometer that shows current and highest rpm.
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i-b-goB
Social climber
Nutty
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Feb 14, 2019 - 12:20pm PT
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Thanks Winemaker, got it! : )
If the wind was going up hill you wouldn't need a chairlift!
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Feb 14, 2019 - 12:47pm PT
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WBraun, thinking of Tioga Pass Resort the past few days.....I was so fortunate to spend some years there and Tuolumne.
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Redwood City
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Feb 14, 2019 - 12:53pm PT
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makes you wonder when they will be able to clear the 120 this year...as late as 4th of July?
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Feb 14, 2019 - 01:04pm PT
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No snow here.....
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splitclimber
climber
Sonoma County
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Feb 14, 2019 - 02:19pm PT
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Hope it doesn't get worse for you Lynne.
Back to snow in town today. A good day to sit it out.
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i-b-goB
Social climber
Nutty
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Feb 14, 2019 - 02:24pm PT
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This is when a sandbag is good!
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10b4me
Social climber
Lida Junction
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Feb 14, 2019 - 04:08pm PT
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Colder air starting to move in . Temps in the Mtns are dropping.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Feb 15, 2019 - 02:17pm PT
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When 2019 started, California's snowpack was at 67%. Now it's at over 136% and rising.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 15, 2019 - 09:52pm PT
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hey there say, justthemaid...
wow, as to this part of quote:
there was a narrow ice cave/chamber that completely surrounded the house about (under 20 feet of snow).
man oh man!!! i can barely imagine it!!
:O
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 15, 2019 - 09:52pm PT
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hey there say, zBrown... oh my, say, thanks for the update...
great pic...
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ruppell
climber
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Feb 15, 2019 - 10:10pm PT
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Old Mammoth just passed Minaret Rd at 2:00PM today. Yeah, there's a road there.
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Feb 15, 2019 - 10:14pm PT
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Dumping again today!!! Hoping the snow stays deep for my 2nd attempt at the high route through SEKI this spring.
Recently started snowboarding with the kids but so not a backcountry tool.
Get a splitboard, it’s so fun! Ya, changeovers are 90 seconds slower, but I’m a noob and can do 20 mile day trips so it’s not the least efficient thing ever.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
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Feb 16, 2019 - 12:03am PT
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Jamesthomsen
Social climber
Mammoth Lakes, California
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Feb 17, 2019 - 08:02pm PT
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Today was a break between storms. I got a little ski touring in and the crew tried to reduce the snow load on our roofs before the next storm. Today almost all roof shovelers are hired by businesses that have workman's comp insurance. I'm sure there are a lot of people here who used to work for $20-35 an hour under the table.
When I had my mountaineering store in Mammoth (1980-1985) we probably sold more ropes and harnesses to roof shovelers than climbers.
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Feb 17, 2019 - 08:55pm PT
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^^^So glad I built with a 12/12 pitch, standing seam metal and a yearly spray down of Rain-X.
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splitclimber
climber
Sonoma County
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Feb 17, 2019 - 10:15pm PT
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It's been crazy snowy in mammoth. We toured from the village on friday.
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MarkWestman
Trad climber
Talkeetna, Alaska
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Feb 18, 2019 - 09:38am PT
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Mouse, where’d you get that webcam shot? That is most definitely not a recent shot. Big rocks showing that normally are well covered during an average year.
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MarkWestman
Trad climber
Talkeetna, Alaska
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Feb 18, 2019 - 11:17am PT
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Ah, copy. I think that’s just a webpage banner shot. I posted a photo earlier in this thread that shows the same part of the mountain in the winter of ‘83, at a time with a snowpack similar to what is there today. Compare and you’ll see.
Still, that’s a beautiful scene.
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Feb 18, 2019 - 11:52am PT
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My go-to guy for current weather and scenics.-www.mammothsnowman.com
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Feb 19, 2019 - 11:09am PT
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it's easy to say "most snow in the hemisphere" when there's no snowgauge or ways to measure in the areas that really do get the most snow, like the Ha-iltzuk Icefield....
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