white-out...
Jul. 20th, 2005 06:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jayLast night... high winds, wet sleeping bag, tent pole bending. Worries about the dome tent around the drill shredding or blowing away in 30kt winds, so a small group went out and secured it. But all of the rain caused the river to rise... it was nearly impassable. So I decided to hold off sending a crew out after lunch, to monitor the river (which is receding.
Fine, I thought, I'll send them over right after dinner. But, no... it has begun snowing heavily. White-out at times... an inch or two on the ground, so far. Not a big deal... except that we can't see very far ahead, and the trails (tire tracks, there's no vegetation to mark the sides) are invisible. Sigh.
Christmas in July, anyone? Rackin-frackin snow... at least 2 inches and still falling.
I checked the river level, this afternoon... almost decided to send a crew out right then, as it had receded enough to be safe. Fortunately, I didn't...
The webcam link (see last entry) captured me outside the dining tent:
As I was taking a picture of itself, and the snow accumulations on my personal tent (dim orange pyramid in the background):
Current conditions aren't favorable for traverses... sigh. Pretty, though.
Fine, I thought, I'll send them over right after dinner. But, no... it has begun snowing heavily. White-out at times... an inch or two on the ground, so far. Not a big deal... except that we can't see very far ahead, and the trails (tire tracks, there's no vegetation to mark the sides) are invisible. Sigh.
Christmas in July, anyone? Rackin-frackin snow... at least 2 inches and still falling.
I checked the river level, this afternoon... almost decided to send a crew out right then, as it had receded enough to be safe. Fortunately, I didn't...
The webcam link (see last entry) captured me outside the dining tent:
As I was taking a picture of itself, and the snow accumulations on my personal tent (dim orange pyramid in the background):
Current conditions aren't favorable for traverses... sigh. Pretty, though.
