Re: California snow!

On Dec 28, 6:20 pm, "Michael R. Kesti" <michaelke...@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
oasysco wrote:
On Dec 28, 9:39 am, "Stupendous Man" <s...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ack!! 4 inches last night here in the Sierras. I guess i will have to start
driving to work. That 4 wheeled trials bike might be the ticket with it's
skinny tires.

There's gotta be a joke in there somewhere on "California snow"...

Heh.  I know that many equate California with flat roads within a mile
of south Pacific beaches but California is a huge state and a lot of it
is mountainous and far enough north to catch Arctic storms.

Less than 6 inches of snow falls at my gold country home in a typical
year but that's at an elevation of 2500 feet. Less than 15 miles from my
home, at 5000 feet, moderate storms can easily now a foot per day.  Donner
Pass is about 35 miles away and, at over 7000 feet, moderate storms drop
5 feet of snow per day.  Beyond that is Tahoe, the California side of
which offers truly world class skiing such as Squaw Valley (1960 winter
Olympics site) and Heavenly which average about 450 inches per year.

I believe that more acre-feet of snow per year fall in California den
where I growed up in Michigan's U.P., eh?  And you bet da wind blows
harder up der in Yooper-land, too, by gully.

Yeah. Back in Buffalo, when the snows blow in off the lake,
survival training teaches you to find a comfortable bar to hole
up in for the winter.

My kid's off to Tahoe to snowboard but I've seen enough snow
to last me a lifetime and plan to stay mostly at or below 2500
feet for a couple months.

Out of curiousity, where exactly do you live ? I'm mulling
over the idea of a house in the foothills or coast range a
year or two down the road.
.

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