100 ft snow level Cascade Locks

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100 ft snow level Cascade Locks

Post by geographics » January 13th, 2012, 9:34 pm

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Re: 100 ft snow level Cascade Locks

Post by retired jerry » January 14th, 2012, 7:16 am

Isn't Cascade Locks above 100 feet elevation?

100 feet is somewhere under the river surface?

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Re: 100 ft snow level Cascade Locks

Post by Don Nelsen » January 14th, 2012, 8:28 am

retired jerry wrote:Isn't Cascade Locks above 100 feet elevation?

100 feet is somewhere under the river surface?
Normal river level is about 75 feet at Cascade Locks. Most of the town is well over 100 feet elevation, though.

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Re: 100 ft snow level Cascade Locks

Post by Eric Peterson » January 14th, 2012, 8:55 am

:? Don, your super looper 30 + miler and 10k' hike might be on snow standby for awhile?

I have never been up Rudolph Spur yet either, but that might be cool in the snow as
a small loop using Ruckel Creek trail for the return leg...

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Re: 100 ft snow level Cascade Locks

Post by Don Nelsen » January 14th, 2012, 10:36 am

Eric Peterson wrote::? Don, your super looper 30 + miler and 10k' hike might be on snow standby for awhile?

I have never been up Rudolph Spur yet either, but that might be cool in the snow as
a small loop using Ruckel Creek trail for the return leg...
Yeah, looks like the big loop is out but a shorter one could work. Even a foot of dry fluffy snow is easy to hike through but it looks like more than that is coming. The gorge seriously needs some snow - I hiked over Cedar Mt. and around the back side of Table and over the top yesterday. Just a few pitiful patches here and there - nowhere more than a couple of inches. (There was one set of tracks on the north side connector so at least one other hiker did Table in the past couple of days.)

Guess I'll put the snow tires on today - I think this will be the latest I've ever done that!

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Re: 100 ft snow level Cascade Locks

Post by Koda » January 14th, 2012, 12:41 pm

isnt the snow/freezing levels calculated from sea level... zero feet elevation?
lightweight, cheap, strong... pick 2

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Re: 100 ft snow level Cascade Locks

Post by geographics » January 14th, 2012, 2:15 pm

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Re: 100 ft snow level Cascade Locks

Post by Thum » January 14th, 2012, 5:44 pm

It was snowing most of the afternoon around tomlike and mud lake today :) The snow didnt turn to rain until below casey creek.

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Re: 100 ft snow level Cascade Locks

Post by Eric Peterson » January 14th, 2012, 6:42 pm

Thum, sounds like you got a good hike in with new snow! I love that, when the snow is new and
not super deep yet hikeable without snow shoes! Nice...

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Re: 100 ft snow level Cascade Locks

Post by geographics » January 14th, 2012, 11:02 pm

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