If there were anywhere in the west I could imagine the wind that fast, it would be at the top of Carson Pass.
Grew up right there. The winters are downright otherworldly sometimes.
I was skeptical until reading the article. Living at near 10k feet, I've often experienced crazy winds, but gusts have always topped out near 100mph. Regardless of quantification, it can get spooky ... and can't help but to believe that 200+ might cross the line for the structural integrity of buildings.
I know exactly where the article is describing, it’s the weather station on top of one of the towers of chair 10, about 2/3 of the way up the mountain where the grade dramatically steepens and wagon wheel becomes the wall. Right where you pass around the corner of the cirque to access eagle bowl. The chairs themselves are 90’ high at this point, the speed device is roughly 105’ in the air, fully exposed. Ground wind speed might be half of this? IDK. Definitely not a good pow day at the wood. Conditions will be boilerplate until the next storm cycle and if it doesn’t warm in between, this crust could easily become a persistent weak layer in the backcountry.
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If there were anywhere in the
If there were anywhere in the west I could imagine the wind that fast, it would be at the top of Carson Pass.
Grew up right there. The winters are downright otherworldly sometimes.
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Cool place- good Sierra ski
Cool place- good Sierra ski memories there.
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Love the wall at Kirkwood.
Love the wall at Kirkwood. 200+. MPH winds? Wowzer
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https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/02/09/gale-force-winds-feb9-bay-a...
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I was skeptical until reading
I was skeptical until reading the article. Living at near 10k feet, I've often experienced crazy winds, but gusts have always topped out near 100mph. Regardless of quantification, it can get spooky ... and can't help but to believe that 200+ might cross the line for the structural integrity of buildings.
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I know exactly where the
I know exactly where the article is describing, it’s the weather station on top of one of the towers of chair 10, about 2/3 of the way up the mountain where the grade dramatically steepens and wagon wheel becomes the wall. Right where you pass around the corner of the cirque to access eagle bowl. The chairs themselves are 90’ high at this point, the speed device is roughly 105’ in the air, fully exposed. Ground wind speed might be half of this? IDK. Definitely not a good pow day at the wood. Conditions will be boilerplate until the next storm cycle and if it doesn’t warm in between, this crust could easily become a persistent weak layer in the backcountry.
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When I was living in Boulder,
When I was living in Boulder, Co back in 88 or 89 a chinook gust measured over a hundred mph blew down a huge local overpass construction project.
Those high elevation/ altitude gusts are incredible.
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I was hoping this was a Meat
I was hoping this was a Meat Puppets thread.