JDCanuck
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Merry Christmas 2021!
While we are enjoying about 10 inches of fresh snow today, my family is out surfing west of La Paz with the neighbours and enjoying great waves. I'd
rather be getting my exercise on the nice warm beaches, but we'll take what we get.
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David K
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Merry Christmas to you, JD!
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JZ
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Let's see some pictures of the snow!
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JDCanuck
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Too big to upload to Baja Nomad....working on getting them to smaller sizes. This is the temp this morning out at the Pacific west of La
Paz...complaints of cold weather abound
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Temps have risen and this will be gone again within a few days here in Nanaimo. This is what had built up by this morning. Kids have yet to get out
there with new sleighs, and neighbours are busy clearing out driveway entrances. I apologize for the sideways view, was not what i loaded.
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[Edited on 12-25-2021 by JDCanuck]
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JDCanuck
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Snow is melting almost as fast as it falls, creating those interesting driving conditions we all love.
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JDCanuck
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While we're on the subject, maybe our friends from Alaska can weigh in. Here's an historical I found here:
https://www.snowblowersource.com/promotions/record-snowfalls...
1. Mile 47 Camp, Alaska
On February 9, 1963, a whopping 78″ of white stuff fell in Alaska, setting the official world record for most amount of snow that fell in a single
calendar day. Although this location only contains a highway maintenance station on the Richardson Highway, it still meant a lot of shoveling to get
to work that day.
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David K
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It's the Great White North, eh?
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JDCanuck
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And continuing to get even whiter. Predictions for rest of the year are very cold, so this may stick around a bit longer than we are used to:
Vancouver’s predicted high on Saturday is just 1°C, a far cry from the seasonal high of 6°C for December 25. This would make for one of the
coldest Christmases on record for the city. The coldest Christmas high temperature in Vancouver was -1.7°C, a record set in 1924, 1964, and 1971.
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That would be Thompson Pass! During the 1990s, there was an annual "Extreme Skiing" contest there, put on by an organization in Valdez. My ski
patrol was asked to provide rescue, avalanche and safety support for the event, and I was able to work that venue for nine years!
Our team headquartered at the highway maintenance station mentioned in the article, and got to share a lot of history of the pass with the snow
removal crews.
They kept a chart of annual snow fall amounts, and I remember that at least one year, they recorded over 1200 inches! Donner Summit, on average, gets
almost as much snow as Thompson Pass, but it is 7200 feet above sea level, and Thompson pass is only 2600!
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If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo  |
That would be Thompson Pass! During the 1990s, there was an annual "Extreme Skiing" contest there, put on by an organization in Valdez. My ski
patrol was asked to provide rescue, avalanche and safety support for the event, and I was able to work that venue for nine years!
Our team headquartered at the highway maintenance station mentioned in the article, and got to share a lot of history of the pass with the snow
removal crews.
They kept a chart of annual snow fall amounts, and I remember that at least one year, they recorded over 1200 inches! Donner Summit, on average, gets
almost as much snow as Thompson Pass, but it is 7200 feet above sea level, and Thompson pass is only 2600!
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Thanks for sharing AK. Very interesting.
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David K
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Just realized, nobody reposted Sculpin's 'Night before Christmas' Baja version.... Let me see if I can bump it up!
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