Phone night shot passing Consultation lake and Mt Irvine (it hid the full moon until Trail Camp). Before there was enough reflection to just use the red headlamp. Turned it off here and climbed the rest without a light including the snow chute which was in moon shadow. No wind, surreal quiet.
#ForkedMeadow#California received about 4" of ice pellets and snow overnight although it's a bit hard to tell with certainty because the ground was warm at the start so much of the early precipitation did not stay frozen.
The overnight low was 19f and it's currently 26f.
There will be heavy thunderstorms today which would cause more snow for the meadows. It will be interesting to see just how much we get.
As light dawned on a very cold and windy morning we hurriedly packed up our tent and waited in the lieu of some rocks for the sun to arrive. The cold wait was worthwhile as the morning sun started to touch the summits and quickly spread to the ridges. A magical time of day to be in the mountains.
As the sun went slowly down to the west of Granada we were left with a brief but beautiful sunset over the peaks of the Sierra Nevada. We watched the sun dip below the horizon and then the clouds illuminated with color, before the cold had us hurrying towards our tent.
It's currently 24f and there's about 2 ft of new snow on the ground since yesterday at #ForkedMeadow#California which absolutely outstanding for the water year.
This is a relatively late and cold storm for the central #SierraNevada where for the last decade or so the snow usually has let up by April. But things aren't normal with the weather anymore in the #Sierras and the mountains are having odd weather just like everywhere else 😬
@Lizette603_23 the trees definitely are enjoying it! They're still recovering from a very long and deep drought. We need one more good winter before they should be recovered. Or at least the trees that made it through the drought... Mortality was quite high.
It's currently 13f after an overnight low of 11f at #ForkedMeadow#California . We received a dusting of snow in the last few hours but no new major accumulations after the #blizzard turned out to be a bust.
The next storm is due in on Tuesday. Fingers crossed we get a few more feet of snow. Every snowflake counts!
It's 32f and snowing hard at #ForkedMeadow#California after a high of 44f and 0.2" of rain today. Hopefully we can pick up some good snow overnight so the central #SierraNevada#Mountains can build a good base.