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From: eugene@ames.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
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Subject: Snow report Southern Sierra (Sequoia Natl. Park)
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Date: Tue, 29-Jan-85 12:33:23 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 29 12:33:23 1985
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1/24-1/28 35th? Annual Caltech Ski trip to the Pear Lake Ski Hut.

Pear Lake Ski Hut at 9200 ft. in Sequoia Natl. Park.
Temps: low of 10 F, highs low 30s.  Cold.
Cloud cover: Cloudy all day to varying degrees except 1/27 when it was
perfectly clear excepting low Valley Tule fog.  Visibility on cloudy
days varied from 20 feet to 20 miles.
Base depth: 3-4 feet.  Chains required on all roads to the point of
silliness.
1st day had 2 inches new snow at 7000 (surprise).  Another 6 inches fell
2nd day.  Fourth day had another 4 inches.  Used climbing skins, probably
blue wax with a purple kicker to get up hills.
This years topics of discussion: aerodynamics, computers, China, geology
[current reigning Dept.] of Southern Sierra, the Alverez theory of
dinosaur extinction.

--eugene miya
  4th generation Pear Laker
  NASA Ames Research Center
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