2022 and Beyond - Snow Levels
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We got up this morning to 12 inches and it has just started snowing again.
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Yesterday was interesting. I got up around 0700 and there was already almost 3" accumulated on the patio. Tons of tree limbs (if not halves of trees) down along the roads from the wet, soft wood and combined weight of the snow *and* leaves. Probably for the better I suppose, since a lot of Vancouverites tend to be REALLY bad about pruning their own trees. Either they won't do it and the trees get overgrown or they wait for the city/county to cite them for it and send their contrtact arborists out.
Just another mundane day at work though. It was my turn to clean up the gas station and it was cold and a little windy, but much of the snow had slushed out by about 1400 and was mostly gone by 1900 when I finally got out of there. The car park flooded in spots though so I guess there's that.
Kind of surreal when it's sunny out, but also gray and there's snow on everything.
Just another mundane day at work though. It was my turn to clean up the gas station and it was cold and a little windy, but much of the snow had slushed out by about 1400 and was mostly gone by 1900 when I finally got out of there. The car park flooded in spots though so I guess there's that.
Kind of surreal when it's sunny out, but also gray and there's snow on everything.
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Webfoot, I'm in the upper hood river valley in the small community of Mt Hood.
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Oops! I got that wrong.
Parked at Duncan Creek TH today, as I often do, where I found less snow than expected (virtually none). It gradually deepened on my way to Railcar Bridge. This was, I think, the first time this year I've been unable to ride my bike; ditched it and picked up on return. I've been lucky this year; even when deep, snow has been firm. But not today.
When I started out, puddles were frozen, but it warmed up, and soon I was getting pelted with slushbombs. Not as bad as I expected though.
The picture below looking across at Oregon shows where you can expect snow on that side (Washington usually melts out faster).
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We parked at the Jersey barriers (1,300' elev.) on Palmer Mill Road and started out in about one inch of snow. By about 1,800' we were post holing in a foot or more and where we left Palmer Mill Rd. at 1,900 it was 16" to 18" deep. We gave up at 2,000' where, even under tall mature trees, the snow was too deep to continue without snowshoes.
What an April this is!
What an April this is!
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Snow started on Herman Creek a little below Casey Camp. Lots of trees down, most easy to get by/around, a few not. Small branches have already been cut off, so no value to taking a small saw. One large tree a little after Casey was long (so, can't go around) and thick enough that short people probably need a boost to get over it.
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Started running into snow at 1600'.
At 2200' it started getting annoying.
At 2200' it started getting annoying.
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Lost quite a bit of snow in the last week.
Patchy above 2600' (western WA gorge).
In pic below, you can see there's pretty solid coverage on Silver Star.
Left of SS, the obvious pass is Grouse Point, and the gentle hill to the left of Grouse is Washington's Larch Mtn.
Patchy above 2600' (western WA gorge).
In pic below, you can see there's pretty solid coverage on Silver Star.
Left of SS, the obvious pass is Grouse Point, and the gentle hill to the left of Grouse is Washington's Larch Mtn.