Prime Time Backpacking
Mosquitoes diminishing to irrelevance.
Hot Temps moderate into cool backpacking.
Lowering Sun brings increasing contrasts to terrain.
Hiker Traffic Decreasing.
MONTH OF FIRE |
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FIRE-SMOKE-HEAT
-WARNINGS-
Until Further Notice
Yosemite Valley Closed
FERGUSON-CARR-CRANSTON FIRES NEWS & INFORMATION
Weather Warnings
Lightening Hazard
Predictions & Forecasts
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Yosemite Valley Closed
FERGUSON FIRE:
Yosemite Foothills
Valley Opening Delayed to 8-5
ROAD NEWS
June Lake Loop Closed
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Yosemite Valley Closed
THINK AHEAD
CCC
Backcountry Trail Crew
Applications due
EARLY FEB 2019 |
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Yosemite Valley Closed
2017
HEAT WAVE BUILDING
T-Strom Warnings
Storm Warnings
yet:
Heavy snow at high altitudes mostly in the South Sierra preserves the:
SNOW TRAVEL HAZARD,
but now mostly limited to higher up the flanks & crest of the South Sierra.
Still lots of snow on South Sierra & protected parts of North Sierra Crest, less on others.
Protected areas full of snow in N & S Sierra.
High Altitude Trips are STILL SNOW TRIPS
Date-Adjustable High Sierra Snowpack Status
Amazing Sat Views of Sierra Snowpack
Continuing high runoff flows maintain the
FORDING HAZARD.
HOT TEMPS PERSIST,
ARE GROWING,
and must be monitored. Big Heat Building.
FIRE & SMOKE
hazards are present & increasing.
MOSQUITOES are a HUGE THREAT.
Lightening Hazard
Water & Snow Hazards are gradually narrowing as this unique season progresses, while Heat, Fire, and Skeeter threats are HIGH & rapidly rising.
Trail News
August, 2017
2017
HIGH SIERRA
SNOWPACK
Below: Watershed Snow Water Content Charts followed by individual reporting station's Snow Depth and
24 hour high-low temps.
Last: July 31
Tahoe Basin
Watershed
N Sierra Reporting Stations
On a Map
Scroll over stations for snow & temps. Click for
full report.
American-Yuba Watersheds
Carson-Walker
Watersheds
Carson Pass 00" Snow
8388 feet
(75.1" H2O)
77 & 52
Ebbetts Pass 00"
8660 feet
Snow
(99.7" H2O)
79 & 58
Leavitt Lake
9602 feet, East Flank
00" Snow
(105.6" H20) Suspect
74
& 57
Marine Base
6748 feet East Flank
FULL REPORT
VIS-CHIL-WEA-MB-WIND
91 & 46
Mokelumne-Stanislaus Watersheds
Deadman Creek
9250 feet, West Flank
000.0 Snow (BAD)
(53.4" H20)
77
& 48
Tuolumne-Merced
Watersheds
Tuolumne Meadows
8600 feet, West Flank
x.xx"
(SNO " Depth & H2O BAD: Use Chart Above)
79
& 44
Tioga Pass/Dana
9798 feet
.7" Snow
(Temps BAD)
Mammoth Mountain Ski
Mono Lake-Owens Basin
Gem Pass
10750 feet
SNO " Depth Suspect
(28.25" H2O) Suspect
temps suspect
Mammoth Pass
9500 feet
3.2" Snow
(83.48" H2O)
81 & 58
South Lake Cabin
9580 feet, East Flank
(BAD" & H2O) BAD
76 & 51
Big Pine Sawmill
10200 feet, East Flank
.30" Snow
70 & 46
Kings River
Bishop Pass
11972 feet
BAD- BAD
Charlotte Lake
10398 feet, West Flank
TEMPS ONLY
63 & 38
Kern Watershed
Upr Tyndall Creek
4.47"
71 & 50
(station
reporting again!)
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Yosemite Valley Closed
Fire Enters Yosemite Valley, Threatens Merced Grove, El Portal, Yosemite West, Wawona, and is entering the mouth of Yosemite Valley between El Portal & Yosemite West.
Fire Information
2017
HEAT WAVE
&
A Vast Tropical Plume...
Weak Low a couple hundred miles off San Francisco is dragging a vast plume of tropical moisture Northwest, up across the whole length of S. CA & across S Arizona from Central Mexico.
It is a plume of fully moisture-charged TROPICAL AIR.
This plume is generating some serious electricity. Lightening & lightening-caused fires should be watched for and expected.
It's serious blowback from this interesting tropical weather trend/activity.
Lightening Probs
This current Sat View of West US shows the Low & its Plume to you, if you click it this morning.
This sat shows current conditions, so you will see what's up at the time you click it...
All Sat Views
HAZARDS
Inspect the current hazard reports and the National Hazard Map:
NWS
High Sierra Hazard
WARNINGS
&
National Hazard Map
Check Heat Intensity:
Real Time
Reporting Stations
Scroll-Over stations for Temps
Forecast Graphical Interface
Fire & Smoke
CalFire
Inciweb Fed
Smoke |
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FIRE-SMOKE-HEAT
-WARNINGS-
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FERGUSON-CARR-CRANSTON FIRES NEWS & INFORMATION
SMOKE OBSERVATION, INFORMATION, & RESOURCES
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Yosemite Valley Closed
DONNELL FIRE
THREATENS CARSON ICEBERG & EMIGRANT WILDERNESS
Yosemite Valley
Closed Indefiently |
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PCT CLOSED
DONNELL FIRE CLOSES PCT
Between
Ebbetts and Sonora Passes
SMOKEY TIMES
Heavy Smoke was covering the whole Sierra from Susanville in the far North all the way South to and past Mount Whitney.
Note
PCT from Sonora to Ebbetts Passes, and most of the Carson Iceberg Wilderness closed from Today until
September 8 |
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FIRE-SMOKE-HEAT
-WARNINGS-
Until Further Notice
Donnell Fire
Whole West Flank of Sierra along Hwy 108 Closed
FERGUSON-CARR-CRANSTON FIRES NEWS & INFORMATION
SMOKE OBSERVATION, INFORMATION, & RESOURCES |
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FIRE-SMOKE-HEAT
-WARNINGS-
CLOSED
Yosemite Valley & Wawona
CLOSED
PCT CLOSED:
Sonora to Ebbetts Passes
W Flank Carson Iceberg Wilderness
CLOSED
Highland Lakes
CLOSED
DONNELL FIRE REPORT
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FIRE-SMOKE-HEAT
-WARNINGS-
DARDANELLES STORE
BURNS
KENNEDY MEADOWS
THREATENED
DONNELL FIRE
Dardanelles Resort Burns
Donnell Fire
Highland Lakes Road Closed
Fire Containment Stats |
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FIRE-SMOKE-HEAT
-WARNINGS-
WHOLE CARSON ICEBERG
CLOSED
DONNELL FIRE
Carson Iceberg Wilderness
CLOSED
DONNELL FIRE
Information
KENNEDY MEADOWS
THREATENED
SMOKE OBSERVATION, INFORMATION, & RESOURCES |
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FIRE-SMOKE-HEAT
-WARNINGS-
HEAT DECLINING
SMOKE
&
FIRE WARNINGS
Still in Effect
FERGUSON FIRE
82% Contained
Yos Valley to Open 14th
DONNELL FIRE
Kennedy Meadows Stands!
South Flank of Wilderness off Hwy 108 Opens
Hwy 108 to Open on the 19th
The Weather Page
NWS
High Sierra Hazard
WARNINGS
&
National Hazard Map
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FIRE-SMOKE-HEAT
-WARNINGS-
CLOSED
Yosemite Valley & Wawona
CLOSED
PCT CLOSED:
Sonora to Ebbetts Passes
W Flank Carson Iceberg Wilderness
CLOSED
Highland Lakes
CLOSED |
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Mariposa Grove Opened
2017
Backpacker Alert Update
Almost Normal Conditons:
Still Snow on Crest
Fords Higher than Normal |
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Yosemite Valley
Opened
Yosemite Valley Opens
Thunderstorms
Lightening Hazard
DONNELL FIRE
25% Contained
KENNEDY MEADOWS
THREATENED
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Fire-Smoke-Heat
Warnings Continue
Thunderstorms
Lightening Hazard
Heat Picking Up
Caution
Mosquitoes
Mosquitoes die as terrain dries.
August 15 is the drop-dead date during “normal” Years
2018
IS
A
DRIER THAN NORMAL YEAR
(About 50%)
2017 IS NOT
A
NORMAL YEAR: WET
HIGH SIERRA
Mosquito News
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Fire-Smoke-Heat
Warnings Continue
Contained
FERGUSON-CARR-CRANSTON FIRES NEWS & INFORMATION
Not Contained
30%
DONNELL FIRE
The Weather Page
NWS
High Sierra Hazard
WARNINGS
&
National Hazard Map
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Fire-Smoke-Heat
Warnings Continue
DONNELL FIRE
Road to Highland Lakes Opened to Tyron Meadow. |
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CLOSED
PCT CLOSED:
Sonora to Ebbetts Passes
W Flank Carson Iceberg Wilderness
CLOSED
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Fire-&-Smoke
Warnings Continue
COOLING-
Widespread Smoke
DONNELL FIRE
Half Contained
49%
HIGHWAY 108
Highway 108 Opened to through, non-stop traffic.
KENNEDY MEADOWS
THREATENED |
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Fire-&-Smoke
Warnings Continue
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Fire-&-Smoke
Warnings Continue
TOP |
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COOL-
Widespread Smoke
DONNELL FIRE
PCT between Sonora and Ebbetts Passes still closed.
Carson Iceberg Wilderness Still Closed.
Highland Lakes still closed, though the road is open to Tyron Meadow
Kennedy Meadows finally out of Risk?
2017
Season-Long
April 1 to Aug 22
BACKPACKER ALERT
TERMINATED
"Season-Normal" Hazards Continue.
Original Alert,
April 1, 2017
Current Potential Hazards
Heat Waves
Fording Danger
Lightening Danger
Fire & Smoke
Mosquitoes
Mountain Safety Page |
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The Weather Page
NWS
High Sierra Hazard
WARNINGS
&
National Hazard Map |
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Fire-&-Smoke
Warnings Continue
ALL
SMOKE RESOURCES
CURRENT FIRES
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COOL-
Widespread Smoke
DONNELL FIRE
PCT between Sonora and Ebbetts Passes still closed.
CLOSED
Carson Iceberg Wilderness Still Closed.
Highland Lakes still closed, though the road is open to Tyron Meadow
Review
the
August 2017
Trail News |
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COOL-
Fires coming under Containment,
Smoke Diminishing,
yet...
Fire-&-Smoke
Warnings Continue
2017
HEAT WARNING
Next 3 Days
Excessive Heat
National Hazard Map
2016-17
High Sierra
Season Review |
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Fire-&-Smoke
Warnings Continue
2017
HEAT WARNING
Next 2 Days
Excessive Heat |
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Fire-&-Smoke
Warnings Continue
2017
HEAT WARNING
Last Day?
NO!
Excessive Heat
National Hazard Map
Resource
All High Sierra Forest & Park
Fire, Fire Restrictions, and Alert Status. |
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DONNELL FIRE
Containment
63%
Last
Ferguson Fire Report
Status of the Sierra
High Sierra
Weather Page
2017
HEAT WARNING
Extended through Labor Day Weekend.
Excessive Heat
National Hazard Map
All High Sierra Forecasts
High Sierra Hazards |
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COOL-
Fires coming under Containment,
Smoke Diminishing
Donnell Fire
Trails South of 108 Corridor Opened
Kennedy Meadows Pack Station in full Operations
ALL
SMOKE RESOURCES
CURRENT FIRES
TOP
2017
LABOR DAY HAZARDS
HEAT WARNING
Extended through Labor Day Weekend.
Excessive Heat
All
High Sierra
FORECASTS
Potential
Labor Day
Hazards
HEAT WAVE
NWS
High Sierra Weather Hazard
WARNINGS
&
National Hazard Map
FORDING
Fording Hazards in the High Sierra
All River Flow and Stage Information
LIGHTENING
Lightening Information
Lightening Probs
FIRE & SMOKE
hazards are present & increasing.
CalFire
Inciweb Fed
Smoke
Mosquitoes
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Fire-&-Smoke
Warnings Continue
2017
RISING RECORD-LEVEL HEAT
INTENSE FIRES
(Western US Burning)
DENSE, WIDESPREAD SMOKE
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