PaulW
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Snow On Diablo
1.8.16 Diablo pics
After a rain yesterday and a temp of 41F this morning. Here is the snow on Diablo
Still happening near San Matias under the cloud
[Edited on 1-8-2016 by PaulW] Got the year correct , but had to fix the month Ha
[Edited on 1-8-2016 by PaulW]
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Ateo
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Nice. Snow level got down pretty far, it appears.
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TMW
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Fresh snow in the mountains is a beautiful thing to see, especially up close.
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PaulW
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I guess I will stay away for Lugna Diablo and its mud for the time being.
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David K
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I was down there in January one year when the snow came down onto the mountain just west of town (Cerro Kino?). I would guess down to about 2,000 ft.
level. That was in 1986, I think?
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Whale-ista
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Wow- gorgeous! Thanks for the update.
Let's hope the snow melt is helpful- not harmful- to the downhill communities, and that the wells are recharged for the ranches, farms and towns.
Related: Thanks to the rains a few months ago, there are already many flowers appearing in Baja. This is one of the earliest I've seen boojums
(cirrios) flowering.
The agave stalks are looking especially healthy- I can see why historically they've been a good food source.
Enjoy the drive everyone! So much to see in Baja...
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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stiladam
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SkiBaja!
RIP JR
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BigBearRider
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Picacho has been skied (almost):
http://www.powder.com/stories/skiing-as-craft/baja-ski-club/
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AKgringo
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I was just kidding when I posted this reply the other day!
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=81511&got...
[Edited on 1-9-2016 by AKgringo]
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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BigBearRider
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Funny. I always have snow chains in my car. I wonder if the Baja military guys think I'm crazy every time when I have to explain what they are.
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AKgringo
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In February of 1986, my kids were home schooled for the spring semester in my Suburban, on a three month road trip through Baja and part of the
mainland.
I put studded tires on for the trip down the Alcan, and probably should have swapped them out when I got to Northern CA, but I didn't. They draw a
lot of attention on cobble stone streets! I had a couple of policemen signal me to stop, run their hands over the tires, and say "Que es eso?"
I would point to the Alaska plates, say "Para el hielo" and they would usually smile and wave me on. You don't hear a lot of studs SOB, and they were
useless by the time I got back to Anchorage.
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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hombre66
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Remember a bit of corn snow winter 98 at the highest area close to Catavinia. Hwy 1
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David K
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From the chapter on Mission San Borja in the new book, coming soon:
The first snow Europeans observed in California was witnessed in December 1763 at Las Cabras. Located fourteen miles south of San Borja
and over 4,200 feet in elevation, Las Cabras is where the mission’s cattle were brought to graze.
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