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Ricky D

Trad climber
Sierra Westside
Dec 1, 2012 - 09:37pm PT
I had the flu this week, that sh#t is viral!

Five bucks says Dingus will post a TR about the flu!

Ten bucks that it will be brilliant!
Nohea

Trad climber
Living Outside the Statist Quo
Dec 1, 2012 - 10:18pm PT
Partied at the Fed for the past two days now screaming down the runway of SFO rain flying by....oops I'm not supposed to be online. OMG the government told me knott to due this.


Will be warm and in the blue pacific by morning. Course if we crash.....will stil be in he pacific!

Kick that flus ass DMT!

Aloha,

WS

As we rise up and it's pouring fairly well, I'll lose my connection around 8k Have a great weekend! Get outdoors

Edit: over oh ah who now, we got steady rain for over 321 mlles out of SFO. Then we broke free but still danced all the way to the Islands.
kunlun_shan

Mountain climber
SF, CA
Dec 2, 2012 - 03:58am PT
http://tahoeweatherdiscussion.com/the-big-one

The winds will really start to crank tonight as storm #3 approaches with gusts as high as hurricane force at 75mph in the valleys and up to category 4 hurricane strength at 150 mph over the ridges. The the heavy precip begins to push in during the early morning hours and the snow levels shoot up to 9000+ ft. This should only last several hours before colder air works in as the cold front approaches. Sunday morning the snow levels should drop back down to 8000 ft. and then 7000 by midday and lake level by evening.

The forecast models are in good agreement that 2-3 inches of liquid will fall over the basin and 3-4 inches West of the lake along the crest. Above 9000 ft. we could see 2-3 feet with 3-4 along the crest. Below that the forecast gets tricky as it depends on how fast the cold air works in. I think we could see accumulating snow all the way to lake level by Sunday evening if enough precip is still around. Between 7000-9000 ft. 1-3 feet are possible and several inches below that
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Stewart Johnson

climber
lake forest
Dec 2, 2012 - 11:43am PT
thank god the snow levels are high. if all this had been snow we would be fuked.
John M

climber
Dec 2, 2012 - 12:22pm PT
Check out this radar return.


That squall line looks pretty intense
rottingjohnny

Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
Dec 2, 2012 - 12:30pm PT
Ekat...that's some dirty looking snow...RJ
John M

climber
Dec 2, 2012 - 12:36pm PT
Ekat...that's some dirty looking snow...RJ

Damn dude.. don't make me laugh so hard. hahaha..


Hey Ekat.. you said they moved the ski area to a different area of the mountain. Did they move it lower?
Maysho

climber
Soda Springs, CA
Dec 2, 2012 - 12:37pm PT
After a long night and morning of total wind lashing torrential downpour,it just turned to snow here at 7,100ft at Donner Summit!! Sticking, coming down hard...Really hoping we can get a foot or two to stick on our rain sogged base today...Wonder whats happening near the river in Truckee?

Peter
Brandon-

climber
The Granite State.
Dec 2, 2012 - 12:40pm PT
it will just be another dry ass windstorm..;-)

Good call.

Edit;
The Ski Park doesn't even do AC.

Nothing steep enough?
rottingjohnny

Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
Dec 2, 2012 - 12:43pm PT
Skiing on 30 year old yellow klister yesterday...Pulled it out of the fridge next to the EPO stash...Now i have a collage of pine needles stuck to my bases....Snow-rain here at 7600 feet...
John M

climber
Dec 2, 2012 - 12:45pm PT
7000 feet. Gack.. thats Sierra Cement territory.
John M

climber
Dec 2, 2012 - 12:53pm PT
It Swedish and means glue. Or cement.
:-)

well, if you don't use it, the snow will definitely be glued to the bottom of your skis. :-)
this just in

climber
north fork
Dec 2, 2012 - 01:00pm PT
Ekat Big Mtn is outta whitefish right? Went there a few years ago and really liked the area.
Todd Eastman

climber
Bellingham, WA
Dec 2, 2012 - 01:02pm PT
Klister? I just met her...
Maysho

climber
Soda Springs, CA
Dec 2, 2012 - 01:02pm PT
Cool RottingJohnny! Yellow klister is gross, but sometimes good skiing...If it keeps dumping, and puts enough on the ground to soak up the deep puddles, I will go out and train, ie. break trail, then do a bunch of laps in my Salomon 88's. Will you be at the Tannebaum race on the 16th? Maybe see you there!

Peter
this just in

climber
north fork
Dec 2, 2012 - 01:12pm PT
Yeah, liked the area, the people, the food, and the snow. Want to go back and check out Glacier NP in the summertime.
rottingjohnny

Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
Dec 2, 2012 - 01:14pm PT
Maysho...I may show for the Tannebaum...Get it..May show..? I don't get to play as much anymore but the fire in the belly still smolders...Racing is more fun when you can go fast and less painful too...The yellow Klister worked pretty damn well...RJ
rottingjohnny

Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
Dec 2, 2012 - 01:18pm PT
Ekat...Where the heck are you...? Montana or Shasta..? If you are in Montana that would mean a suckafish is near whitefish...I ski slow and still ended up in Bridgeport , the inner bred capital of the eastside...
Norwegian

Trad climber
Placerville, California
Dec 2, 2012 - 01:20pm PT
great day for a big wall,
if your name f*#king name is
sir reagan.
bergbryce

Mountain climber
California
Dec 2, 2012 - 01:25pm PT
Wow, perhaps a perfect ending?

GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TRUCKEE...
INCLINE VILLAGE
900 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
PST THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING: A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SNOW LEVELS BELOW 7000 FEET THIS
MORNING WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW INTO THE AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 16 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET WITH 4 TO 8
INCHES AT LAKE LEVEL. ABOVE 8000 FEET...2 FEET OR MORE OF SNOW
IS EXPECTED.

* SNOW LEVELS: NEAR 8000 FEET THIS MORNING...FALLING BELOW 7000
FEET BY NOON. SNOW LEVEL WILL REACH LAKE LEVEL BY MID-AFTERNOON.
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