Berthoud Dawn Patrol - 10-26-06

[skibuminwyo]

I am so jealous of you Colorado f'ers. Greeeeeeeeeeeen with jealousy. Way to get some!

its coming to us...it won't be long now...you ready?

[hev]

Nice, looks like it's piling up. I am heading out of town this weekend so you have me to thank.

Obligatory: be careful out there folks!

[skiHOG]

3%, 39.5" of fresh, and still dumping.

how reliable is this source? iskibc, your mission is to bring us one hell of an October powder TR. i'll be out tomorrow, but without a camera.

[iskibc]

how reliable is this source? iskibc, your mission is to bring us one hell of an October powder TR. i'll be out tomorrow, but without a camera.

You think lemonboy would talk out of his ass? Besides, it's Sol Vista, they always get the goods.

[skiHOG]

You think lemonboy would talk out of his ass? Besides, it's Sol Vista, they always get the goods.

no comment.

[iskibc]

no comment.

[skiHOG]

got any particular place you'll be endulging in the goods?

[Rontele]

hot fucking damn

[smolakian]

Yeah, theres plenty of snow up there. It was a little heavy, but who gives a fuck. Berthoud was a blast and it didn't stop snowing till 1! The snow snakes where rare to non-existant.

I was amazed by the number of people that weren't beeping...the steeper NW aspects appeared to be a little sketch.

Sorry no pics...my camera is broken.

[Gebster]

This is cruel and unusal punishment being stuck in SoCal

[Tube Sag]

Yesterday afternoon it started to warm up quite a bit. We were shoveling our driveway after a sweet dawn patrol sesh on the West side of Berthoud, and it was slop by 1pm down in the valley. Here is the SNOWTEL link for realtime Berthoud snow up dates. It is the sweetness.

http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/nwcc/sn...ays=7&state=CO

As for snowpack up there, we only checked out the E NE faces and the steeper wind blown stuff had a little tension. One ski cut sent a small fracture over where he cut in. Definitely still a lot of crap to hit though.

[Hutch]

Yesterday afternoon it started to warm up quite a bit. We were shoveling our driveway after a sweet dawn patrol sesh on the West side of Berthoud, and it was slop by 1pm down in the valley. Here is the SNOWTEL link for realtime Berthoud snow up dates. It is the sweetness.

http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/nwcc/sn...ays=7&state=CO

As for snowpack up there, we only checked out the E NE faces and the steeper wind blown stuff had a little tension. One ski cut sent a small fracture over where he cut in. Definitely still a lot of crap to hit though.

from there I found a link to the SNOTELs on Google earth

http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snotel/earth/

Google Earth SNOTEL Data Layer

View real-time daily snow and precipitation data from the NRCS SNOTEL network in the rich 3-dimensional visual context of Google Earth.
Introducing a new high resolution interactive interface to SNOTEL snowpack and precipitation information. Opening the data layer below in the Google Earth application opens a window to the data that allows you to have a birds-eye view of the Western US, while zooming in to individual basins and stations of interest.
Quick Start Guide:

1) Google earth is an application requiring a fast internet connection and a modern computer. Be sure to check if your system matches the requirements outlined by Google.
2) Download and install the Google Earth application. Familiarize yourself with the interface by viewing the Google Earth Guide. If you have any problems so far, the Google Earth Support webpage is full of useful information.
3) Load a SNOTEL ".kmz" data file from the links directly below. The file on the left displays the station name on the map which is good for fine scale analysis. For a broader view of conditions, viewing the data without labels (the file on the right) may be preferable. The application may automatically launch on opening a ".kmz" file.
SNOTEL Data (with labels)
SNOTEL Data (without labels)


4) Browse around or zoom into your basin of interest. Click individual sites for more info, both on the map and in the "Places" frame on the left. Use the "Places" frame to find a specific station, organized by state.
5) Any day you use this application, come to this webpage and click on the above links to the data files. Important! If you save the “.kmz” file locally to your computer, it will only contain the data from the day you acquired it and will not automatically refresh. To ensure you have the latest data, always come back to this webpage.
A Note About Precision:

At very fine resolutions, the location of the marker on this map may not match the exact location of the SNOTEL site. The marker is placed at the center of a 0.01 by 0.01 degree box, outlined in gray. This approximately 500 acre buffer contains the true location of the site. If you have an application that requires a higher level of accuracy, please contact the content manager of this page.

[IridePow]

Yeah apparantely you can do some pretty cool stuff with Google earth.
I never really played around too much with it, but check this thread out: http://talk.splitboard.com/talk/view...246&highlight=

They made some nice comparisons with real pictures and Google earth.

[LaBelle23]

2+ feet around the IPW/JPW. Very heavy around 9500. Only 1 old layer 3 inches thick that was pretty hard and windblown. New snow was heavy on bottom, lighter in middle, then heavy on the top. By afternoon it was breakable crust. Got a lot of whoomfing. It got pretty windy yesterday evening too.