Winter Accessible areas

[mike a]

hey john, matt posted about 12" on cold springs summit on beasore road, more snow to come wed night, i hope i can not get back up there until mid-may :-), we all need the water!!!

[John]

Thanks Mike. Sounds like this weekend might be unlikely. It is like a mini winter!

[John]

Any word on the roads?

[daniel banquo merrick]

CHILKOOT MEADOW (CHM) snow sensor reports 9 inches today. Average for April 1 is 36.6 inches
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryF_ss?chm
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/profile?s=CHM&type=snwc

GRAVEYARD MEADOW (GRV) reports 3 inches with the April 1 average of 18.8 inches.
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryF_ss?grv
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/profile?s=GRV&type=snws

Looks like we will have early access to back country this year.

[John]

Very handy!

What is "Snow WC" versus "Snow DP"? The latter would be more depressing at 30 inches versus 9.

[daniel banquo merrick]

Well John, you just pointed out how dumb I am. WC is water content or the depth of water if you melted the snow. So, I had it wrong, Graveyard shows 9" of snow which is about 3" of water. Chilkoot shows 30" of snow which is 9" of water. The averages don't say whether it is snow or water so right now the average means nothing to me.

However, changing the year in the URL reveals that in 2013 on March 11, Chilkoot showed 19" WC and Graveyard about 11".

For Chilkoot WC on March 11:
2014 - 9"
2013 - 19"
2012 - 10"
2011 - 31"
2010 - 43"
2009 - 31"
2008 - 45"
2007 - 23"

[John]

Dan, if you are dumb then that puts me somewhere between a Dung Beetle and a really smart pigeon.

[Jerry]

3 to 1 snow, 30" equaling 9" of water is barely snow. Average is 10 to 1 and in colder storms can go as high as 20 or 25 to 1. 20 to 25 to 1 is common in the Rockies and we even see it in the Sierra at times.

[John]

Lookin good for next weekend, eh?

[mungeclimber]

Grim.

[John]

Wha? This is gold....

Friday A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 52. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming west southwest in the morning.
Friday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast in the evening.
Saturday Partly sunny, with a high near 58. East wind around 5 mph becoming south southeast in the morning.
Saturday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming northeast in the evening.
Sunday Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming west southwest in the morning.

[mungeclimber]

Yep, ice road trucker with Gate ramming front end?

[John]

Aaah, you think they relock the gates every time it snows. Pretty sure the open ones will stay open and the rest will remain closed until May 1st.