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astrobaja
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Roads to Sierra San Pedro Martir and Laguna Hanson-- not advisable to go!
We got over 5 inches of snow here at 5000' but the park up top got over 15" so its not doable in in 4WD. Best to wait a few days! Same with Laguna
Hanson!
Our freinds up at the condor station got to the forestale station and then had to put chains on. But they have snowmobiles too ;>
Bet lots of unaware Mexicans are on their way up to see the snow with bald tires and 2WD anyway......
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Mexitron
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Must be beautiful up there...
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astrobaja
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It is indeed a breath-taking view today. My Wife shot a few pics and stiched them together.
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msteve1014
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Very nice. I'm sure it will be clear and cold tonight. Light a fire and look at the stars, from inside.
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Mexitron
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What a great photo! Not many folks would believe it if you told them this was Baja.....
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Hook
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What elevation is that photo at? What direction of the compass is the lens facing?
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TMW
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
What elevation is that photo at? What direction of the compass is the lens facing? |
Appears to be looking east and the elevation is around 5000ft
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That is really a beautiful place. The snow makes it more so.
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astrobaja
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Yep its facing east towards the parque national. Melting quickly today, its already 14 C! Probably just above freezing at the park.
Smells super clean the air today!
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kinda reminds ya of home eh!!!! great photo of the ranch.
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Hook
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Elevation, astrobaja?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
Elevation, astrobaja? |
| Quote: | Originally posted by astrobaja
We got over 5 inches of snow here at 5000' |
Time for some new reading glasses Hook!
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Hook
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Si. Gracias. 
Surprised there isn't more conifers at that elevation. Much different than the Laguna Hanson area. Seems rather scrubby.
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More concentrated and trapped water in the Laguna Hansen area, and conifers like water, is my guess Hook.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
Surprised there isn't more conifers at that elevation. Much different than the Laguna Hanson area. Seems rather scrubby. |
Taller mtns at SPM, so perhaps winter-time orographic rain falls at higher elevations, relative to Laguna Hansen (at coastal areas, precip at SPM's
latitude probably less than at LH latitude [of course, anthropogenic global warming may change all this]).
The SPM plateau has lots of conifers at higher elevations on the plateau, in background of astrobaja's picture.
wanna see lots of snow and conifers in baja, in real time? here is webcam at crest of range:
http://132.248.4.10/~observa/simon/
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
kinda reminds ya of home eh!!!! great photo of the ranch. |
Maybe for you eh! I am from SoCal. 
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So CAl has just as much snow. No more. Go to Big Bear and then down to Hermosa for a good swim.
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astrobaja
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Shari: yeah but the winters back in Ontario lasted nov-april. The snow here is already 90% gone!
Hook: we actually do have quite a few pines here you just can't tell from the tiny pic and poor resolution. We have pinion pines, jeffries pines and
even a handful of incence cedars! We're in kind of a transition zone here between high desert scrub and oakwoodland/pine forest. In ecology its called
ecotone. Means we have lots of diversity here!
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That's a great photo! We camped near snow when we were there in the mid 1950's on a Easter vacation hike. Barry would probably remember that.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Vince
That's a great photo! We camped near snow when we were there in the mid 1950's on a Easter vacation hike. Barry would probably remember that.
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Ah ha--------your home!!! Yes, I DO remember that-----in fact it is amazing to me how much I remember about that trip-------one of the highlights of
my young life------what were we 16 ? 17? can't quite remember THAT.
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