[pct-l] Donner Summit,WOW!

[Jeffrey Olson]

I remember going up to Tahoe in the winter of 1969 - 6 - 10 feet of snow 
on the roofs of cabins, drifts of 20' or more.  There was no room to 
push snow.  Most cabins in Tahoe city/Kings Beach had tunnels dug from 
the street.  Incline and Squaw had dug out the snow so lifts could get 
above the surface of the snow.

The trip up to shasta ski area that year - the old one that an avalanche 
destroyed, had 15' blue ice walls when the sun shone through.  it was 
awesome...

Jeffrey Olson
martin, SD

On 3/23/2011 6:58 PM, Mike Chapman wrote:
> Over 690 inches have fallen at Boreal so far!!! I know a guys whos a
> caltrans sierra snowfighter of over 30 years,heres his words of
> yesterday,"Theres no more room to put the snow,its the most ive ever
> seen at one time up here."  Im gonna 1 up Ned,"Stay alive out there"
> Good Luck fellow 2011ers and hopefully ill see ya out there in a
> snowcamp! I think ill pack an extra pair of socks(that should do
> it),and maybe we could set up a zipline over the raging rivers,anyone
> got room for cable? You best beleive im hauling snowshoes to the
> sierra,this aint no average year. This is a year the "experts" might
> not have ever seen before,and by the time this thing is over,who
> knows!(west coast nuclear winter,they say its not acid rain,they say
> alot of things!) Hike On 2011!  P.S. sorry if this is a double post,I
> guess my list membership had run dry,I thought I just put it to sleep
> for a few months,oh well im back and im ready to roll trolls!(ah,I
> feel better already!)
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