EPIC California STORM ?

donbrown

Well-known member

Lifetime Membership

Nov 26, 2007

6,728

1,017

113

61

Los Angeles

• Jan 16, 2019

• #1

3-7 feet heavy snow next 72 hours from Los Angeles to the Oregon border at 8000 feet !!!! 16-18 January.

Then its gonna be around 40F for the next couple days after the dump !!!

 

R

revrider07

Well-known member

Lifetime Membership

Feb 17, 2008

2,034

1,001

113

ND

• Jan 16, 2019

• #2

Post some pics Don when your tearing it up.

 

donbrown

Well-known member

Lifetime Membership

Nov 26, 2007

6,728

1,017

113

61

Los Angeles

• Jan 16, 2019

• #3

revrider07 said:

Post some pics Don when your tearing it up.

Click to expand...

Going to Mammoth Lakes California !!

Maybe EAST of Bridgeport … if figure it out.

 

Scott

Scott Stiegler

Staff member

Lifetime Membership

Nov 1, 1998

69,618

11,737

113

51

W Mont

• Jan 16, 2019

• #4

Wow.

BTW, Don, do you actually live down in LA?
We were down there in Santa Barbara and, Newport Beach and Encenitas for Christmas.
SURE glad to be home.

 

E

ElasDray

Free Member

Dec 15, 2015

58

24

8

Hayden, Idaho

• Jan 18, 2019

• #5

I can’t even fathom that much fresh snowfall. Epic.

 

mtncat1

Well-known member

Lifetime Membership

Oct 19, 2008

2,356

655

113

south jordan ut.

• Jan 18, 2019

• #6

predicted and actual are two different things

 

N

TruckeePoo

Free Member

Nov 27, 2007

255

133

43

41

Tacoma, Washington

• Jan 21, 2019

• #7

Actual was 4-7 feet....two week totals were 5-13 feet. It was a good storm...good and wet/heavy/dense/thick/soupy etc :face-icon-small-ton. Short window for getting the snow when it was good...but snowed another 20" last night and its blower. Gotta love Sierra storms!

 

R

revrider07

Well-known member

Lifetime Membership

Feb 17, 2008

2,034

1,001

113

ND

• Jan 21, 2019

• #8

Don must be buried and to busy for report or pics

 

donbrown

Well-known member

Lifetime Membership

Nov 26, 2007

6,728

1,017

113

61

Los Angeles

• Jan 22, 2019

• #9

revrider07 said:

Don must be buried and to busy for report or pics

Click to expand...

I just returned last night.

Yes some areas of the Sierra Nevadas got a lot of snow.

For mammoth here is what I rode in the last 3 days.

Fresh snow past the knees or deeper in the meadows

Minaret had over 4 feet and was a stuck fest.

203 loop area had 3-5 feet heavy snow.

crater flats 3 feet

east side to Baldy Mtn had 3 plus feet.

craters had many bald spots but shade was 4 plus feet

Bald mountain was blown to bush tops BUT made a great cornice 1/2 mile long.

powder in the shade

Storm on the 20th very cold froze up base with 1/2 foot powder ontop.



https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5211392.pdf
__________________

 

Last edited: Jan 22, 2019

donbrown

Well-known member

Lifetime Membership

Nov 26, 2007

6,728

1,017

113

61

Los Angeles

• Jan 22, 2019

• #10

NWAlpineAssassin said:

Actual was 4-7 feet....two week totals were 5-13 feet. It was a good storm...good and wet/heavy/dense/thick/soupy etc :face-icon-small-ton. Short window for getting the snow when it was good...but snowed another 20" last night and its blower. Gotta love Sierra storms!

Click to expand...

Yep no snow next 10 days with temps over 50F at 8000 feet.

Winds can blow over 100MPH during storms causing drifts , cornice and bald spots.
This warm air gonna erode lots of snow

Im sure the riders near Truckee are having a great time !

If El Nino kicks in where gonna get a real storm.

So uh … whose done the 108 Sonora pass in this storm … I like great stories

 

Last edited: Jan 22, 2019

donbrown

Well-known member

Lifetime Membership

Nov 26, 2007

6,728

1,017

113

61

Los Angeles

• Jan 22, 2019

• #11

Scott said:

Wow.

BTW, Don, do you actually live down in LA?
We were down there in Santa Barbara and, Newport Beach and Encenitas for Christmas.
SURE glad to be home.

Click to expand...

I live in zip code 91320. onlong the 101 west of downtown LA You passed less than a mile from my house from Santa Barbara south near the Conejo grade in Camarillo.

I have family here and married a beach bunny over 20 years ago. Now we're a couple of beached whales :face-icon-small-sho

Like most we are outta here when we retire.


Strange thing is I lived in farmland my teen years and my nearest neighbor was 1/2 mile ... seen them every few days . In LA I don't see my neighbors 50 feet from me for months. Same with property in the mountains.

 

donbrown

Well-known member

Lifetime Membership

Nov 26, 2007

6,728

1,017

113

61

Los Angeles

• Jan 24, 2019

• #12

ElasDray said:

I can’t even fathom that much fresh snowfall. Epic.

Click to expand...

You need to go to SOnora Pass