[pct-l] Latest Sierra Sow Report

[Kolby Kirk]

I'm still waiting for Reinhold's "Latest Sierra Sow Report."  I for one want
to know if I can have myself some fresh milk on the JMT!!

On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 4:36 AM, Brandon McGinnity <bmcginnity at gmail.com>wrote:

> A water powered ice melter. Sir, you may have just created the worlds first
> perpetual motion machine. I WANT ONE!
>
> But seriously... can I make an uninformed observation? I think we all
> expected to be hiking over snow. Does it make much difference whether we're
> hiking on 3 feet of snow or 10?
>
> Obviously I understand it means more distance of the trail will be covered.
> But you know, there's gonna be snow anyway you look at this. I'm thinking,
> just cross that bridge when you get there, one careful step at a time, and
> otherwise, pray for a hot spring.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 4:43 AM, Kolby Kirk <admin at thehikeguy.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm currently in the process of designing a blow torch that is fueled
>> on snowmelt. I hope to have the first batch of prototypes available
>> for sale at KM by June.
>>
>> On Monday, April 25, 2011, Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi gang,
>> > Mammoth Mountain got another 10" of snow over the weekend, bringing the
>> > total for
>> > the season to 636 inches.
>> > The snow fall per season, at Mammoth over the last 40 years, averaged
>> > 340 inches.
>> > Last year, which was considered a heavy snow year Mammoth got 516
>> inches.
>> > The good news is the base declined by 2 feet over the last 2 weeks.
>> > The bad news is the base (snow cover) at the 11,000 foot elevation is
>> > still 21 feet.
>> > The other bad news is that some of the passes are over 12,000 &  13,000
>> > feet high,
>> > which means the base on those high passes most likely exceeds 21 feet.
>> >
>> > What does that mean?.....It means that there is not enough time to melt
>> > all that snow
>> > by the time you get to  KM  and you better be prepared for high snow in
>> > the Sierra.
>> >
>> > JMT Reinhold
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