It's Snowing

[Lostsheep]

This is a reason as to why I enjoy Alabama.

As of this afternoon, it's snowing in Clear Lake, Iowa. Earlier we had winds in the 35-45mph range and we've finally slacked up some. Now, the temps are 33*s and a wind chill of 20*. And it's snowing. After a few hours, it has finally decided to stick.





I'll be looking forward to coming home! It's COLD.

[auwesman]

Ahhh.  I'm super jealous!  My favorite kind of backpacking weather!

[Joshua Szulecki]

We had some slushy furries here in NY earlier in the week, but then it was 60 for several days straight...

I like the whole hiking in winter thing, but I missed snow for the last few years. I was pretty happy last winter when it snowed while I was up here on winter vacation.

[WolfVanZandt]

Heh, that's one of the things I don't like about Alabama. We used to have winters when I was a kid. I miss winter.

But.........last year during the SEHowl it snowed on Cheaha and I had a blast.

[Skippy]

I thought I would always like hiking in the snow,that was until I was forced to do it once.We were doing the section on the AT from Unicoi to Standing Indian Mtn and the second morning woke up to 6 inches on the ground,it was beautiful but it only took a few hours of trying to walk in it to figure out that it wasn't that much fun.The drifts in the higher elevations were over a foot in some places.Rhodedend ron hanging over the trail weighted by snow made it nearly impassable.In some places you had to crawl under them as going around them wasn't an option.In some places the trail seem to dissapear and with all of the white on the ground it was hard to see the white blazes on the trees.
After that trip,I don't plan on hiking on a trip like that again,and talk about being cold,My fingers still hurt just thinking about it!!

[Lostsheep]

Sadly, I don't have the clothes to support the snow. Remember, I'm from ALABAMA. It doesn't snow in Alabama.

Since I'm coming home in a few days, I shipped most of my clothes home already. I'm down to a running sweatjacket and my heavier windjacket. It's still cold!

I'll be sure to bring some warmer clothes back when I come back up here!

[Joshua Szulecki]

Skippy,

One foot snow drifts? Southerners...

How did that one happen? Spotty forecast, or spotty forecast checker?

[WolfVanZandt]

Woof!

Try Buck's Pocket in March. I think that's about the coldest place on earth. We had a guy come in from Oregon one years and he was pretty open about his disdain for southern winters. He thought he was going to freeze to death. That's the first year I ever went to bed early to warm up.

[Skippy]

Josh, It was the forcast checker. We knew it was going to snow,just not expecting that much of the white stuff!!

[Joshua Szulecki]

Never trust a weatherman with snow, unless the forecast is for at least 4-6 inches of snow. If they say it will snow a little, it probably won't snow at all. If they say it will snow 3 inches, it will snow 10. Above four, you at least know you'll probably get snow. You learn that when you live with snow. Snow is still really hard to forecast.

[Lostsheep]

Just thought I'd update. I went home 10/29 (back to Bama) and enjoyed shorts and tshirts. Now that I'm back here in Iowa, it's mid 60s, yet they are expecting snow starting Sat through Wed.

Great.... *sarcasm