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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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The movie was better than I expected but I've heard the book is excellent.
For those of us with ADD the movie will have to do. But the Meerkats were
a bit much.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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If i do get my flu shot, that's what makes me fat, right?
lol
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John M
climber
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We got 9 inches or rain here in Wawona and 10.5 inches at the south gate in 5 days. If that had been snow at badger it would have been epic. High snow lines and just enough time between to empty the streams and it did no damage.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Haven't seen the movie, but Life of Pi was a most excellent book.
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John M
climber
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...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 400 PM PST TUE NOV
27 THROUGH 600 AM PST MON DEC 03...
...CALIFORNIA...
BRANDY CREEK (SHASTA) 23.48
STERLING CITY (FEATHER) 21.24
SIMS 17.90
PETROLIA 7.4 SE 17.50
NORTH COAST CAMP SIX 16.64
BRIDGEVILLE 5.2 ENE 15.72
OAK MOUNTAIN 15.16
MIRANDA 4.1 SW 14.98
CAZADERO 6.9 WNW 14.45
KINGVALE 1.3 WSW 14.37
LOS GATOS 6.1 S 13.89
BLUE CANYON 13.41
REDWAY 1.8 WSW 13.39
BRANDY CRK 12.60
SECRET TOWN 12.55
BEALE AFB/MARYSVILLE 9.55
SAN FRANCISCO INTL AIRPORT 4.09
If that 23 inches of rain had fallen as snow..
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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8 1/2" total for storm.
Near Castle Rock
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John M
climber
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I understand that Ekat. All I meant was that the moisture was in that storm and if just a few small things would have been different, such as snow level, then we could have had more epic conditions.
Plus the storm spread itself out just enough to keep many streams and rivers from flooding.
Some people were saying that this really wasn't that big of a storm. I was refuting that. 23 inches is a whole lot of moisture. So was the 9 inches we got here in Wawona.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Sucka fish creek got 6 inches....RJ
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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The same storm piled up a bunch of snow in Idaho's Mountains.
Some of it avalanched on Sun Valley's ski mountain, but since it happened at night, no deaths or injuries.
http://www.ktvb.com/news/Avalanche-at-Sun-Valleys-Bald-Mountain-181917921.html?fb_action_ids=3959837565494&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%223959837565494%22%3A252776234851774%7D&action_type_map=%7B%223959837565494%22%3A%22og.recommends%22%7D&action_ref_map=[]
SUN VALLEY -- The Sun Valley Ski Patrol reported an avalanche Monday morning.
Jack Sibbach, Marketing and Public Relations Director for the Sun Valley Company, said, "This was a big one."
Sibbach said the avalanche occurred on Lookout Bowl and slid down the length of the mountain. The Ski Patrol noticed the slide and reported it Monday morning. There is no way of knowing exactly when the avalanche occurred, according to Sibbach.
Sibbach said a pile of snow from the avalanche had gathered at the base of the Seattle Ridge lift. There was no damage to the lift.
Lookout Bowl was not open at the time of the avalanche and is currently still closed.
No one was injured in the naturally occurring slide.
Sibbach said the resort has received 35 inches of new snow since Friday. Winds were high and visibility was low on Sunday. In fact, the resort had to close a few lifts Sunday because of high winds.
Tuesday update:
The Sawtooth National Forest Avalanche Center is reporting considerable avalanche danger in the Sawtooths, along with the North, Central, and South Wood River Valley.
Scott Savage with the avalanche center says two factors are contributing to the avalanche danger.
The first factor, or primary avalanche concern, is a layer of wind affected snow called a "slab" that built up during last weekend's storm.
The second factor, or secondary avalanche concern, is made of two weakened layers in the snowpack buried deep beneath much of the snow in higher elevations.
Anyone going into these mountain areas is cautioned to read the avalanche center's full report, and stay below higher elevations with open, exposed slopes.
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