[at-l] Smokies snow (was: Warehouse Hearing - Silver SpringTownship, PA - OT reply)

[lrbeja at earthlink.net (Linda Beja)]

Hey Jim.

Just finished a hike this weekend from Newfound to Davenport Gap.  441 
opened around 10:00 am Friday.  Snow conditions were hell!!!  From Charlies 
Bunion to just past Guyot, you couldn't do more than a mile per hour.  Big 
snow holes, and if you didn't hit the holes, you postholed up to your waist. 
Tough hiking, but extremely gorgeous.  Couldn't believe how deep the snow 
was in places.  Since then we have had quite a bit of rain and warm 
temperatures, so hopefully hiking conditions are better.

Met POPS at Cosby Knob Shelter on Sunday.  He was SOBO, hoping to do 20 
miles a day.

Anyone know of him?

Scrunchy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Smith" <jsmith@wate.com>
To: "Carol Donaldson" <carol1944@brmemc.net>; <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: 01/06/2006 2:02 PM
Subject: [at-l] Smokies snow (was: Warehouse Hearing - Silver 
SpringTownship, PA - OT reply)


Got a few flakes, that's about it.

As of this morning, there was one inch of snow at Newfound Gap and six
at Mt. LeConte. That's a lot less than when I was up that way two weeks
ago.

I'm planning a hike from Newfound Gap to Clingman's Dome and back this
weekend. Tried to do that trip last Friday, but rangers closed US 441
because of ice. So we had to "settle" for a hike out of Elkmont. Very
enjoyable, just the same.

jns

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In a message posted to AT-L on Thursday, January 05, 2006 at  9:59 PM ,
Coosa asked:

Is it snowing on the AT in the Smokies tonight?


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