Snow: how deep is too deep for camping?
I'm sitting here in suburban Southern California, going stir crazy and looking at the snow depth monitors throughout the Sierras. They are slowly dropping -- yesterday we had a foot or more of snow i...
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profdant139 wrote:
old guy is sort of right -- I have driven in snow, but only about 50 times. Not like a true mountain person. I do not consider myself an expert -- maybe a low intermediate?
But I do know that I can get in and out of a few inches of snow. I've done that several times with my trailer. I am really asking the experts, "What is the deepest snow that you have camped in?"
And yes, mrw, there is a lot of terrain under 7000 feet that is already clear. We were at June Lake not long ago, and the whole Volcanic Tableland is snow-free.
But the high country is really calling me -- gotta get up into that cold clear air, with 200 mile views. (Not at the price of getting badly stuck, though.)
Maybe time for a winch.
