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RyanD

climber

Squamish

Jan 28, 2014 - 12:01pm PT

Yeah Big Mike, great to see u trying hard- good efforts man! Work out those kinks on the little rocks & hone that technique now so you're ready for life's bigger stones when they are in front of you!

Big Mike

Trad climber

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 28, 2014 - 03:43pm PT

Thanks Ryan!

Not quite Tami. That thing is hard! The new bolt is quite the luxury indeed!!

brownie

Trad climber

squamish

Jan 28, 2014 - 04:01pm PT

guyman

Social climber

Moorpark, CA.

Jan 28, 2014 - 04:37pm PT

Good to see that you folks are having a great winter season,... same as California.

I pitty all climbers east of the Rockeys.

who da guessed???

Hoser

climber

vancouver

Jan 28, 2014 - 05:14pm PT

If the resevoirs and forests dont get some....we wont be doing much this summer. Last time this happened they closed down everything....but not the Grouse gondola so I doubt Shannon Falls gondola would close.

Hey how is that Heresy route? The other lines to the right are primo, a little airy but primo

Big Mike

Trad climber

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 28, 2014 - 06:01pm PT

Heresy looked good. I didn't get on it, but it's a bit of a boulder problem at the bottom and the difficulty eases twards the top.

We definetly need some precip. It looks like this low is going to hit mostly to the south of us... Doh! Climbing is nice, but water is life..

Big Mike

Trad climber

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 28, 2014 - 06:21pm PT

Yes Tami, it's drier for sure. We had good snow in 2010. The freezing level was really high so the north shore mountains didn't do so good. By compairison, we were riding pow all the time, with next to no one on the hills thanks to everyone thinking whis would be too expensive!!

This is a lot more like 04-05. That year we had 253cm's cumulative by the end of January. Then we had 47cm's in feburary and March and April were epic with 143cm's and 197cm's respectively. May didn't hurt either with another 45cm's for a grand total cumulative snowfall of 640cm's.

I am really hoping for something similar this year. This high pressure has to push south again eventually! They don't call us the wet coast for nutin' !!

Edit these are the numbers for 2010

Nov 266cm
Dec 363cm
Jan 195cm
Feb 259cm
Mar 315cm
Apr 143cm
May 38cm
1579cm total cumulative.

It was f*#k!ng epic!!!

Hoser

climber

vancouver

Jan 28, 2014 - 07:20pm PT

hahaha the Riviera..., maybe if I had some reasonable friends... pretty sure the email said come bunk with me and Luna in Cham for a month :)

I will be in Vienna next week getting the pad ready!

The following are the longest spells of dry weather in January at the Vancouver International Airport - YVR. Specifically, these are the records for consecutive days without measurable precipitation at YVR wiithin the month of January. Measurable precipitation is defined as 0.2mm of rain or 0.2cm of snow. Observations began in 1937 at YVR.

Rank Days Started Ended
1 17 1957 Jan 12 (Saturday) 1957 Jan-28 (Monday)
2 14 1993 Jan 5 (Tuesday) 1993 Jan-18 (Monday)
3 13 1945 Jan 18 (Thursday) 1945 Jan-30 (Tuesday)
4 12 1977 Jan 19 (Wednesday) 1977 Jan-30 (Sunday)
5 11 1991 Jan 19 (Saturday) 1991 Jan-29 (Tuesday)
5 11 1974 Jan 1 (Tuesday) 1974 Jan-11 (Friday)
6 10 1961 Jan 18 (Wednesday) 1961 Jan-27 (Friday)
7 9 1984 Jan 11 (Wednesday) 1984 Jan-19 (Thursday)
7 9 1979 Jan 1 (Monday) 1979 Jan-09 (Tuesday)
7 9 1948 Jan 11 (Sunday) 1948 Jan-19 (Monday)
8 8 1985 Jan 6 (Sunday) 1985 Jan-13 (Sunday)
8 8 1977 Jan 3 (Monday) 1977 Jan-10 (Monday)
8 8 1963 Jan 23 (Wednesday) 1963 Jan-30 (Wednesday

I think that puts this latest run of 15 days as the second all time longest dry spell for January...and look at that forecast...

RyanD

climber

Squamish

Jan 28, 2014 - 08:02pm PT

Rained in Squam this am. Thinking about how to refund my seasons pass & buy some new slab shoes with the proceeds.

Hoser

climber

vancouver

Jan 28, 2014 - 08:11pm PT

Look at all that precip....

Big Mike

Trad climber

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 28, 2014 - 08:20pm PT

Looks like we're not gonna break that consective record for jan.

Ryan, spring's gonna be epic dude. Don't give up yet..

Ice climbing weather indeed.

Oplopanax

Mountain climber

The Deep Woods

Jan 28, 2014 - 10:51pm PT

if only we don't get much snow tomorrow, next week should be epic in the pine

Big Mike

Trad climber

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 28, 2014 - 10:53pm PT

The more north you go, the less you'll get dru. Doesn't look like we're gonna see any precip up in whistler this week... :(

MH2

climber

Jan 28, 2014 - 11:19pm PT

Thanks for the photos, Mike, Ryan, and brownie.

One shot should establish this scene:

RyanD

climber

Squamish

Jan 28, 2014 - 11:21pm PT

Cool photo Andy- Hey I just did that one for the first time recently! Gender Neutral I think??

Oplopanax

Mountain climber

The Deep Woods

Jan 29, 2014 - 12:10am PT

I always thought the bolt he's just about to unclip was in a weird spot. You stand up on the slab and it's at your feet and if you fall you splat on the lower slab.