Current Conditions

[John]

fun to zoom in on the construction workers not working very hard.

.....oh....maybe theres a speaker you can talk through too..."get back to work bitches!!!"

[susan]

Oomgawa! Tx Dan how cool!


Tx Mike on the heads up!

[mike a]

That cam is super cool, thanks for sharing :-)

[mungeclimber]

https://sierranewsonline.com/crews-making-good-progress-on-fires-above-redinger-lake/

[susan]

O No! Thanks for the info! Will be watching for news on this now.

[susan]

Keep the good news coming:
https://sierranewsonline.com/crews-hold-the-line-on-redinger-fire-now-50-percent-contained/
Wonder if this has affected access via Minarets... Hopefully be okay by the coming long weekend.

[susan]

Anyone else enjoy the unpredictable weather last weekend? There were some gusts that helped bring down a lot of dead trees. Aside from a little storminess on Saturday, the birds were chirping and it was beautiful.

Hope we all stay clear of the falling trees. Seriously heard of some 10 or more trees that fell around some friends camping in Soyo Saturday night after the storm. No one hurt at all just made them double check and revamp camp to be clear of any more that could topple.

Ourselves, we had just finished having coffee in the morning when a tree gave way next to where we had it. Later on we had to cut our way back out of the dirt road we had driven down for the weekend  to get back... and drive home. So glad the chainsaw held up.

[bcprince]

Hi, I just posted some pics to the balloon dome page, and though I might add here that, yes, we got hailed on like I've never seen. Looked like christmas when it was all said and done out there. chainsaw would have helped us. the way it was we had to go up and around on a gnarly bank that had become nasty mud/ice from all the weather. got lucky

[John]

That's funny, we were at Fuller Buttes just across the way from you guys when the hail hit and it looked like it was only hailing where we were. The next hillside from where we were was white and the next over was not. Our demon cloud of hail must have hit you next!

I was following Sues lead on a face climb when the hail started and it would shoot along the face and pound my knuckles super hard, to the point I couldn't take it anymore and had to take and stuff my hands in my armpits and ride it out! Grape sized hail mixed with pea-sized! Ouch. There was like 6 inches of hail at the base when it let up.

[mike a]

Hi all, yap couple trees down on Beasore Rd on Sunday I had to move to get by coming home from bouldering up there. I think the roads will be a mess after the winter this coming spring with lots of down trees! Climbing Places where the there were fires like the Volcanics are starting to get a little scary going to because of all the dead trees, the forest up here is in pretty bad shape and campers need to thing about not staying under dead trees when camping and where they park their car! The temps were perfect on Sunday and this week perfect temps up there the next 10 days as well. This weekend is the last weekend the Jones Store will be open and they close for the season. Hope to run in to you 2 up there before the snow blocks the roads, happy climbing Mike A.

[mike a]

Morning, Just a heads up on Beasore Rd and road 6s10x and CSS a ton of very slow trucks and road work and tree work on the those roads, I want to the Balls yesterday and it took me 45 mins to get from the Lake to CSS, so heads up, happy climbing Mike A.

[susan]

Thanks Mike, yeah what a mess of fallen trees - crazy dangerous. No warning really. Some noise of the sudden collapse and better not be in the way.

[donutnational]

Shuteye this morning

[donutnational]

Sorry I tried and failed to post a photo.  I will try again later

[John]

Don't give up, we look forward to your technicalogical success.......

May the force be with you