Snow in the PNW 2012/13 Thread

[doughboyshredder]

First Snowfall on Mt Si, yesterday. Was a beautiful sight.

[Buster Highmen]

10-21-2012
Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center
Green Valley, Crystal Mountain Ski Area, Washington

Strong winds may affect snowdepth readings

MM/DD Hour Temp 24 Hr Total
PST F Snow Snow
6230' 6230' 6230'
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10 20 700 19 30 5
10 20 800 20 31 5
10 20 900 21 32 5
10 20 1000 23 32 4
10 20 1100 22 31 6
10 20 1200 24 29 5
10 20 1300 22 29 5
10 20 1400 22 29 5
10 20 1500 21 29 5
10 20 1600 21 29 7
10 20 1700 20 28 9
10 20 1800 19 26 7
10 20 1900 19 21 9
10 20 2000 17 21 8
10 20 2100 17 25 9
10 20 2200 18 24 10
10 20 2300 18 25 10
10 21 0 19 24 9
10 21 100 19 24 7
10 21 200 19 23 9
10 21 300 18 23 9
10 21 400 18 23 9
10 21 500 19 22 7
10 21 600 19 24 10


Chinook Pass telemetry shows 14" @ 6 am!


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[String]

Looking forward to using natures balaclava this winter. AKA the beard. It's been tingling this past week, either it needs to be washed or there snow in them there hills.

[AK47bp]

90 east view from Bellevue. Nature's Prozac.

[Unemployed]

Nor'Westers

question for you

Whatcom Peak?

A few have skied Whatcom. It's a cool area where objectives are great...but a place where going with other options in mind isn't a bad idea. There are some unskied lines on that mountain that could be interesting depending on when you can get back there and conditions. Spring time would be best...say late may or early june. That would give you the best chance at success. Good luck. It's a very pretty area, especially if you climb Mt. Challenger and catch views of the rest of the range. Approach via Hannigan Pass Trail, then down to the Chilliwack, then up to Easy Ridge and over to Perfect pass via imperfect impasse or take the cheat route over Whatcom Peak.

[foreal]

Thx Bobby. I heart POW.

[bfree]

Muir was quite fun today!

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...in-Muir-powder!

[workinforturns]

Does anyone want to go skiing on Thursday? I could even go out for an early ride tomorrow but I have to work at 3 downtwon.

PM me if interested.

Lars

[Ski to Be]

Tough to do Rainier and be back before 3 . May go Friday but it will be an all day deal.

[workinforturns]

dang, i work friday at 3 as well. free sunday though, anyone?

[steventy]

Singing Pass behind Whistler. Oct 21, 2012.

[Buster Highmen]

Cliff Mass says hold on to your hats:
http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2012/1...g-el-nino.html

[alpinevibes]

Any WA mags got their hands on the Steven's 75th Anniversary book? Good Stuff?

I'm considering it as a xmas gift for family - thanks

Prayers to Ullr for my WA homeland and hoping for another big year for PNW mags!

[Chainsaw_Willie]

Cliff Mass says hold on to your hats:
http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2012/1...g-el-nino.html

He doesn't mention the Pacific Decadal Oscillation which is in a cold cycle currently.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific...al_oscillation

http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~man...O/PDO_egec.htm

[BeardedClam]

Somewhere high in the North Cascades this past weekend

[Andyski]

I knew what I was getting into going to Muir today and did it anyway. On the upside: Skinned from the lot with no carries.

[bfree]

Damn, the telemetry agrees that it was snowing hard all day down there. Now everyone, we need your best sacrifices to keep the FL down this weekend.

[RyanPete81]

Managed to get out and ski some non-glaciated terrain yesterday before the temperature spike. Snowing all the way down to 4000' on the drive up with ~22 inches on the ground at pass level (5500') and plenty more as you climbed above the highway. Snowed consistently all day, there must have some cooler easterlies insulating the passes while it seems like it rained at similar elevations elsewhere according to telemetry and other reports.

[mtngirl79]

We skinned up to about Panorama Point from Paradise yesterday in the rain... They did not open the gate until 11:30...It was very wet, and when someone came back down and said it was still raining at Pebble creek we decided to turn back as we were already soaked through, and had been hoping the rain would change to snow at some point soon...

Skiing back down was pretty entertaining!

Probably about 15-20 other nutty people joined the fun, and it seemed like most turned back at around the same time.

The good news is that if not too much melts with the warm up/rain this week, it will only take another big dump or two to have good coverage up there... There was over 2 feet, probably close to 3 where we turned back.

[Dromond]

Managed to get out and ski some non-glaciated terrain yesterday before the temperature spike. Snowing all the way down to 4000' on the drive up with ~22 inches on the ground at pass level (5500') and plenty more as you climbed above the highway. Snowed consistently all day, there must have some cooler easterlies insulating the passes while it seems like it rained at similar elevations elsewhere according to telemetry and other reports.

I did pretty much the same. I left really early to beat the warmup, which worked. It started to get noticeably chowdery at 11am.

[Wibby]

Any WA mags got their hands on the Steven's 75th Anniversary book? Good Stuff?

I'm considering it as a xmas gift for family - thanks

Prayers to Ullr for my WA homeland and hoping for another big year for PNW mags!

I maybe biased, but do believe the Stevens Book is good stuff. Covers the whole 75 year history with words and killer photos.

Book link: http://www.stevenspass.com/Stevens/tickets-passes/75th-anniversary.aspx

[Chainsaw_Willie]

Let's hope all this warm rain doesn't wash everything away... A little rain on what's fallen already is a good thing for base building, but 60 degrees and pouring rain in Seattle at 6AM doesn't bode well. Forecast calling for rain and freezing levels above 7K until Sunday...

[samthaman]

at least we won't have a depth hoar problem

[PNWbrit]

I did pretty much the same. I left really early to beat the warmup, which worked. It started to get noticeably chowdery at 11am.

Glad we got some skier compaction done up there for you the day before...

[Dromond]

Glad we got some skier compaction done up there for you the day before...

I appreciated the track! not to mention the conditions report. I wish I could have joined you guys on Friday. They are just about the shortest laps ever but very fun for one's first turns in October.