Kingvale/Donner Summit Ca. Snow report 08/09

[donnersnowking]

1st pic back door of Garage, Cody is almost 4'
2nd pic. Bout maxed on throwing snow off of driveway
3rd pic. Cody is a little ripper. Everyone better watch out

 

[donbrown]

Nice pics.

Where is this? Elevation and what side of the mountain?

 

[907KID]

Is anyone riding 80 this weekend? Open for anywhere from kingvale to donner. Coming from davis.

 

[donnersnowking]

Don.

Kingvale is Just west of Donner Summit on I80 at about 6100'.

 

[donbrown]

Don.

Kingvale is Just west of Donner Summit on I80 at about 6100'.

Did get 6 feet from this storm ... as reported by the snotel stations?

 

[donnersnowking]

We got 56" here at my house. We got alot of rain before it turned over to snow. Above 7000' there is easy over 6' of new snow from the last storm.

 

[jimh]

how did it settle today? I went riding up by lassen and was surprised at how the powder was setup already.

 

[King o the Hill]

Hey Brett.... sorry I would have loved a cup of joe that day and a shout out believe me.... never knew where you lived but look forward to it next time....

 

[donbrown]

how did it settle today? I went riding up by lassen and was surprised at how the powder was setup already.

With the snotel station saying 5 to six inches of water for 5-6 feet of snow ... means the snow is pretty heavy prior to any more exposure.

Powder ratio is usually 20-30 inches of snow to an inch of rain. With a ratio of 10 inches snow to an inch of rain ... gotta be some heavy snow.

 

[donnersnowking]

Trace of snow overnight.

Jeff, stop by anytime

Jim, it has setup well. Still good snow quality though. 2-3' powder on top of a awesome base.

 

[donnersnowking]

Cold 4 gedrees this morning. Cold temps keeping the snow in good shape.

Alot of snow on the S. Yuba

 

[donnersnowking]

2" of new snow in the past 24 hrs. 1.32" of precip in the past 24 hrs. It has been wet snow or rain/snow mix down here . SL looks llike at about 6500'-7000'

 

[dmkhnr]

Was that a misprint, 2'?? I've got some work to do if I'm riding tomorrow.

 

[silvertip]

Was that a misprint, 2'?? I've got some work to do if I'm riding tomorrow.

I think he means 2 inches.

 

[donnersnowking]

I fixed it. Wishful thinking I guess. There could be a foot up top.

 

[dmkhnr]

You had me going!!!
Wishful thinking, I'll probably ride there tomorrow anyway.

 

[donnersnowking]

14" of new snow in the past 24 hrs. SWE of 1.81. Currently light snow this morning

 

[donnersnowking]

7" of new snow in the past 24 hrs. Swe of 0.48" in the past 24 hrs.

Storm total of 21" of snow with SWE of 2.29"

Nice spring storm......

 

[donnersnowking]

Only picked up a inch over here on the west side(0.27" SWE). East side got much more. It is a change in the overall weather pattern though.

 

[donnersnowking]

5" of new snow last night SWE of 0.71" Heavy wet snow. Didnt accumulate till the sun went down. Moderate snow this am... and 26 degrees