Official 2017 Snow Level Thread
- Don Nelsen
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Re: Official 2017 Snow Level Thread
I've got 11" here in Vancouver just west of I-5, exit 5. Still coming down, but lighter than before. 5 trees down around my house. One thirty foot willow. I will miss that one. No paper today!
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- retired jerry
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Re: Official 2017 Snow Level Thread
But will you get in today's Eagle Creek hike?
- Don Nelsen
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Re: Official 2017 Snow Level Thread
9 days in a row, 65 miles total and I need a rest! (Though I hope to get back up there Fri. or Sat. given the road is open. The snow in the gorge must be spectacular by now.)retired jerry wrote:But will you get in today's Eagle Creek hike?
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Re: Official 2017 Snow Level Thread
We've got at least 3ft. Had snow on the ground since early december.
It's alright Don, 84 is closed so you couldn't get there anyway.
It's alright Don, 84 is closed so you couldn't get there anyway.
Re: Official 2017 Snow Level Thread
The light at night is amazing!retired jerry wrote:foot ruler on table
weird how light it is at night
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- Don Nelsen
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Re: Official 2017 Snow Level Thread
Where do you live to have 3 feet!?Limey wrote:We've got at least 3ft. Had snow on the ground since early december.
It's alright Don, 84 is closed so you couldn't get there anyway.
BTW, looks like I-84 has been reopened so I will likely get back up there probably Friday. Maybe give some other, younger and tougher folks a chance to put some tracks down first so this poor old guy won't have to!
don
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Re: Official 2017 Snow Level Thread
Don, I live in the upper Hood River Valley. We've been getting 7 to 8 inches overnight on a regular basis and it snows all day. Pretty soon we won't be able to get out the door.
MAKE IT GO AWAY!
MAKE IT GO AWAY!
- Don Nelsen
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Re: Official 2017 Snow Level Thread
OMG! I remember a storm a few years back when one of my friends, who lived in the HRV said, he had over 6 feet on the ground at his house. It was Jan. of '79 or '80, I don't remember which but I'm sure it was one of those years. It could be worse!!Limey wrote:Don, I live in the upper Hood River Valley. We've been getting 7 to 8 inches overnight on a regular basis and it snows all day. Pretty soon we won't be able to get out the door.
MAKE IT GO AWAY!
dn
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"If you don't do it this year, you will be one year older when you do" - Warren Miller
Re: Official 2017 Snow Level Thread
Yes Don, I remember that storm. Our long driveway was only one car wide with fences down each side. No way to plough it so a lot of shoveling was done. It sure was pretty but not really fun.
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Re: Official 2017 Snow Level Thread
I recall that storm as well. I was living at the base of Bald Butte/HRV and we had 6 feet from that storm as well. I had gone to Portland to see friends and got "snowed out'. When I did get thru, Multnomah falls area had 14 foot snow drifts and the national guard was shoving it into the Columbia to get rid of it. So it could be much worse.Don Nelsen wrote: OMG! I remember a storm a few years back when one of my friends, who lived in the HRV said, he had over 6 feet on the ground at his house. It was Jan. of '79 or '80, I don't remember which but I'm sure it was one of those years. I could be worse!!
dn
At least we have snow pack so far. Let's just hope we don't get a Pineapple Express and melt it. I also recall this being an issue with highway 35 up there above the upper valley. One year I could hear the boulders rolling down the river from all the snowmelt. That was one of the times 35 got taken out, though I think this usually occurs in November or early December and not this late into the snow season.