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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Summer Hiking
Plans
Permits
Question
Are our permit/hiking plans & times In agreement with the progress to Spring?
2017 ANSWER
Hoover Wilderness
Permit Reservations
2018
FIRE-SMOKE-HEAT
-WARNINGS-
Until Further Notice
Yosemite Valley Closed
FERGUSON-CARR-CRANSTON FIRES NEWS & INFORMATION
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Yosemite Valley Closed |
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THINK AHEAD
CCC
Backcountry Trail Crew
Applications due
EARLY FEB 2020
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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
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Informative
"Normal" Vs. Now
Forcasts & Reality
vs.
Averages
Winds? Weather?
NorCal Graphics
SoCal & SW US
Precipitation
Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts:
RAIN FORECASTS
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The Pacific Ocean
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2018
Yosemite Valley Closed
DONNELL FIRE
THREATENS CARSON ICEBERG & EMIGRANT WILDERNESS
Yosemite Valley
Closed Indefiently
2017
Snowpack & Temps |
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C to H
2018
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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2018
FIRE-SMOKE-HEAT
-WARNINGS-
WHOLE CARSON ICEBERG
CLOSED
DONNELL FIRE
Carson Iceberg Wilderness
CLOSED
DONNELL FIRE
Information
KENNEDY MEADOWS
THREATENED
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C to C
2018
FIRE-SMOKE-HEAT
-WARNINGS-
CLOSED
Yosemite Valley & Wawona
CLOSED
PCT CLOSED:
Sonora to Ebbetts Passes
W Flank Carson Iceberg Wilderness
CLOSED
Highland Lakes
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Modis Satellite
Views
Compare
2015, 17, 18, & 19
Current Sat Views
2017
Backpacker Alert Update
Almost Normal Conditons:
Still Snow on Crest
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HEAT
ADVISORY,
&
EXCESSIVE HEAT
HAZARDS
Sacto-----Hanford
Hanford Heat
HAZARDS
2018
Yosemite Valley
Opened
Yosemite Valley Opens
Thunderstorms
Lightening Hazard
DONNELL FIRE
25% Contained
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THREATENED |
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HEAT
ADVISORY,
&
EXCESSIVE HEAT
HAZARDS
Sacto-----Hanford
Hanford Heat
HAZARDS
HEAT
WARNINGS
STORM WARNINGS
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HEAT
ADVISORY,
&
EXCESSIVE HEAT
HAZARDS
Sacto-----Hanford
Hanford Heat
HAZARDS
Gaines Fire Starts
Station Reports
FIFTH
--Summer--
Temp Snow Check
Last Report:
July 14
Next Report:
Sept 18
Tahoe Basin
Watershed
Southwest Tahoe
Trail Map with Stations
PCT-TYT-TRT
Rubicon
7618 feet
Trail Map
77 & 57
PCT-TYT-TRT
Echo Peak
7652 feet
Stations Map
76 & 56
American-Yuba Watersheds
PCT-TYT
Carson Pass
8388 feet
Trail Map
Stations Map
74 & 48
Carson-Walker
Watersheds
PCT-TYT
Ebbetts Pass
8660 feet
Trail Map
74 & 53
West of PCT
Highlands Meadow
8360 feet
Trail Map
73 & 47
EAST FLANK
Leavitt Lake
9602 feet, East Flank
Trail Map
69
& 53
EAST FLANK
Marine Base
Cold Weather Training
6748 feet East Flank
Trail Map Above
FULL REPORT
VIS-CHIL-WEA-MB-
WIND
107 & 48
Mokelumne-Stanislaus Watersheds
PCT-TYT
Sonora Pass
Kennedy Meadows
RESUPPLY
Deadman Creek
9250 feet,West Flank,
Trail Map
71 & 41
Tuolumne-Merced
Watersheds
SW of TYT
Horse Meadow
8602 feet
Trail Map
73 & 43
Tenaya Lake
8163 feet, West Flank
Trail Map
76
& 43
JMT-PCT-TYT
Tuolumne Meadows
8600 feet, West Flank
Trail Map
77
& 40
Tioga Pass/Dana
9798 feet
Trail Map
71
& 43
Mammoth Mountain
Mono Lake-Owens Basin
East of PCT-JMT
Above Gem Lake
Gem Pass
10750 feet
Trail Map
temps bad
JMT-PCT Junction
Devils Postpile
8004 feet
Trail Map Above
79 & 42
NE of JMT-PCT
Mammoth Pass
9500 feet
Trail Map
74 & 50
JMT-PCT
E of Bear Ridge
Volcanic Knob
10100 feet
Trail Map
70 & 41
East Flank
South Lake Cabin
9580 feet, East Flank
Trail Map
77 & 49
East Flank
Big Pine Sawmill
10200 feet, East Flank
Trail Map Above
71 & 43
Kings River
Just East JMT-PCT
Bishop Pass
11972 feet
Trail Map Above
BAD- BAD
Just West JMT-PCT
Charlotte Lake
10398 feet, West Flank
Trail Map
67 & 44
(Typically the coldest station)
Kern Watershed
JMT-PCT
Upr Tyndall Creek
11441 feet
Trail Map
69 & 50
JMT
Crabtree Meadow
10,700 feet
Trail Map
70
& 44
All High Sierra
Reporting Stations
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But No
HEAT ADVISORY,
OR
EXCESSIVE HEAT
WARNINGS
Informative
"Normal" Vs. Now
Forcasts & Reality
vs.
Averages
BEST
FORECASTS
Precipitation
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Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts:
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RAIN FORECASTS
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Low Temps
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Cooling
Not M P
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Cooling
No ip
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Cool
REALTIME
High Sierra Crestline
Reporting Stations
(Compare with temps on Aug 16th)
Rubicon
7618 feet
Trail Map
Echo Peak
7652 feet
Stations Map
Carson Pass
8388 feet
Trail Map
Stations Map
Ebbetts Pass
8660 feet
Trail Map
Highlands Meadow
8360 feet
Trail Map
Leavitt Lake
9602 feet, East Flank
Trail Map
Marine Base
Cold Weather Training6748 feet East Flank
Trail Map Above
Deadman Creek
9250 feet
Trail Map
Horse Meadow
8602 feet
Trail Map
Tenaya Lake
8163 feet, West Flank
Trail Map
Tuolumne Meadows
8600 feet
Trail Map
Tioga Pass/Dana
9798 feet
Trail Map
Gem Pass
10750 feet
Trail Map
Devils Postpile
8004 feet
Trail Map Above
Mammoth Pass
9500 feet
Volcanic Knob
10100 feet
Trail Map
South Lake Cabin
9580 feet
Big Pine Sawmill
10200 feet
Bishop Pass
11972 feet
Charlotte Lake
10398 feet
Upr Tyndall Creek
11441 feet
Crabtree Meadow
10,700 feet
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NATIONAL HAZARD MAP
ALL HIGH SIERRA FORECASTS
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
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August 2017
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2017
HEAT WARNING
Through Labor Day
Excessive Heat
National Hazard Map
2016-17
High Sierra
Season Review |
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WARM
RED
FLAG,
T-STORM,
&
HEAT
ADVISORY
Sacto-----Reno
HAZARDS
T-STORMS
REALTIME
High Sierra Crestline
Reporting Stations
(Compare with temps on Aug 16th)
Rubicon
7618 feet
Trail Map
Echo Peak
7652 feet
Stations Map
Carson Pass
8388 feet
Trail Map
Stations Map
Ebbetts Pass
8660 feet
Trail Map
Highlands Meadow
8360 feet
Trail Map
Leavitt Lake
9602 feet, East Flank
Trail Map
Marine Base
Cold Weather Training6748 feet East Flank
Trail Map Above
Deadman Creek
9250 feet
Trail Map
Horse Meadow
8602 feet
Trail Map
Tenaya Lake
8163 feet, West Flank
Trail Map
Tuolumne Meadows
8600 feet
Trail Map
Tioga Pass/Dana
9798 feet
Trail Map
Gem Pass
10750 feet
Trail Map
Devils Postpile
8004 feet
Trail Map Above
Mammoth Pass
9500 feet
Volcanic Knob
10100 feet
Trail Map
South Lake Cabin
9580 feet
Big Pine Sawmill
10200 feet
Bishop Pass
11972 feet
Charlotte Lake
10398 feet
Upr Tyndall Creek
11441 feet
Crabtree Meadow
10,700 feet
All High Sierra
Reporting Stations |
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2018
DONNELL FIRE
Containment
63%
Last
Ferguson Fire Report
Status of the Sierra
2018
CARR & CRANSTON FIRES,
Socal
Fire Reports |
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ALL
SMOKE RESOURCES
BEST
FORECASTS
Precipitation
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Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts:
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RAIN FORECASTS
&
MODELS
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All High Sierra
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FORECASTS
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FORECASTS
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RADAR
Direct
to
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Forecast
Winds? Weather?
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Forecast
Temperatures
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Low Temps
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RISING RECORD-LEVEL HEAT
INTENSE FIRES
(Western US Burning)
DENSE, WIDESPREAD SMOKE
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