Heavy Snow Prediction

[Judgeh]

Looks Like Mays00 will get his wish! 6-12" of snow is predicted for today. Anyone heard from Tim and the status of his 16 mile Sawteeth bushwack?

[ADackR]

i can't wait for this!!! i'm heading for the sewards this thursday and camping for hte weekend... i might have to bring the skis and head to the whiteface toll road!!!

happy hiking/skiing everyone

[Neil]

ADackR, how many in your party? Where do you plan on sleeping? I may see you in there if my plans hold for the w/end. I wonder if we'll need snowshoes?

[ADackR]

here are my initial plans 1*
going up thursday night and hiking into blueberry lean-to...
me and one other

friday
hiking into ouluska pass just to check things out, then back to camp
saturday
wait for two more guys to come in and then head towards seymor
sunday
out

plans take two
thursday
car camp at south meadows road
friday
ski up whiteface toll road.. then hike into blueberry lean-to
saturday
wait for two more guys and then head towards seymor
sunday
out

total possible guys at lean-to
4-6

*plans always change!!

maybe we'll see you out there. and yes, i'll bring the snowshoes and decide if i need them at the trail head... if we make it that far!!! 7-14" of snow!!!

[Neil]

OMG, can you imagine having to hike the road in October!!! Groan.

[ADackR]

OMG, can you imagine having to hike the road in October!!! Groan.

nice, i'm hoping that the peaks get nailed this week.. i'd love to get a ski run in october!!!

how about your plans???

[Neil]

I'm still hoping to go in there but yeah, I guess now I'll have to ski the road, in the dark, on Fri. night. Maybe use klister if it's going to be icy. I'll carry my snowshoes for the Sawtooths.

Also, some friends were finishing their Hundred Highest on Sawtooth 5 (?) tomorrow but cancelled. If they decide to go for it this weekend I'll be joining them. O/W I was going to try for 4 and 2 on Sat. and 5 on Sun. I'll have to see how much the snow slows me down. Have you already done the Sewards? You will prolly want crampons.

For a nice fire saturday night I plan on bringing a fairly sizeable bucksaw. I'll leave it out so whoever gets back to the LT first can keep warm by sawing a bunch of wood.

[ADackR]

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Burlington Vt
1145 Am Edt Tue Oct 25 2005

.short Term (rest Of Today)...
Updated Zones/grids Sent Out. Low Pressure South Of Long Island
Will Continue To Sterenghten As It Makes Its Way Northeast Into
Gulf Of Maine By Wed. Very Impressive Dynamics With This
Sysstem...even A Couple Of Reports Of Thunder In Southern Portions
Of Our Cwa. Flood Watch Expanded To Include Essex And Clinton
Counties In Ny And Addison County In Vt. Significant Rainfall
Totals To This Point In Some Areas As Indicated By Radar And
Verified By Spotter Reports...with Up To 2 Inches Of Rain Reported
In Some Locations. More Rain...hvy At Times...on The Way This
Pm/nite. snow Falling At Many Locations Above About 1500 Ft Where
There Will Be A Few Inches Of Accumulation This Pm. A Changeover
To All Snow Will Occur Acrs All Hir Trrn Zones Tonite With
Significant Accumulations. A Changeover In The Vlys Also Psbl With
Some Wet Slushy Accum.

[Neil]

The creek crossings will be interesting....

[Mavs00]

Looks Like Mays00 will get his wish! 6-12" of snow is predicted for today. Anyone heard from Tim and the status of his 16 mile Sawteeth bushwack?

Thanks for inquiring, it got canceled, not so much for the hiking portion, we had a Strong party going in. But the winter storm in the overnight hours would have played hell on the 3 people that were commuting in anywhere from 120-160 miles to the trailhead.

Not worth the aggrevation or chance of a car wreak on the way in...... ST5 will be there always, we gotta make sure we are here long enought to hike it.

[mikeharo]

what is the setup of choice for everyone around here ski setup?

not to induce too much thread drift....