A Bit of Snow!

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Re: A Bit of Snow!

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wifey and i just finished a afternoon climb of mt baldy over Breck started about 100 pm stepped on first snow at 13,000 ft by the time we got down alot of the snow had melted was 6 to 8 inches in gullys but we think it will be almost all gone by sat afternoon for sure
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Re: A Bit of Snow!

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joelsteidl wrote:What do you think jdorje...will most of that white stuff be gone by Saturday?
Good chance. Depends on your route though; obviously some places may hold it and some routes are less problematic with snow.

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Re: A Bit of Snow!

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Nice Beta, thanks!
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Re: A Bit of Snow!

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Any beta on conditions in the Sawatch?
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Re: A Bit of Snow!

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heres video of Bald mtn climb today....u can see several 14ers in the pics...........the snow around summit county wont last long
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Re: A Bit of Snow!

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The snow was melting fast on Elbert today and looked like the same on surrounding 14ers. Almost all of it should be gone by this weekend I'd think.
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Re: A Bit of Snow!

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As warm as is forecasted, I bet the sun facing slopes will be dry or nearly so by Saturday. It was just barely cold enough to snow yesterday. A lot of moisture though.
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Re: A Bit of Snow!

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Jason--thanks for the beta! It looks like Challenger's melted off rather quickly, which is good news...hoping to still do the Crestones traverse on Sunday. We'll see how things clear up...
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