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Re: Mt Williamson Motel in Independence CA
I second this. Same experience, just showing up at their door when I had to leave the trail after equipment failure. On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 3:40 PM Byron Nevins <byron.nevins@...> wrote: I can't recommend the Mt Williamson Motel enough.? I've already changed plans 3 times -- different dates, changed King to 2 queens, I want resupply, I don't want resupply, wait -- I DO want resupply.? And they handled every change cheerfully.? Highly recommended!?? |
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Re: Mt Williamson Motel in Independence CA
Pretty dramatic backdrop of the Eastern Sierra for a wedding in Independence! I also had a nice stay when Strider was running the hotel, and would definitely return, very accommodating for hikers.? I even crossed paths with Roleigh there on his way to one of his long walks. Regards, Lange
On Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 10:40:30 am AEDT, Byron Nevins <byron.nevins@...> wrote:
I can't recommend the Mt Williamson Motel enough.? I've already changed plans 3 times -- different dates, changed King to 2 queens, I want resupply, I don't want resupply, wait -- I DO want resupply.? And they handled every change cheerfully.? Highly recommended!?? This is the motel that will pick you up in Onion Valley, put you in a room, wash your clothes, feed you breakfast? and drop you back off at the trailhead.?? They even supply you with loaner clothes while yours are getting washed! No - I'm not getting any perks for saying this.? I like Independence so much I got married there in 2020 at the courthouse (also recommended!) -- Byron Nevins Lead Moderator of JMT at groups.io |
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#JMTsurvey - year-to-year problem variability
#JMTsurvey
Year-to-year problem variability graphics: See the Google Drive Folder? Future related graphics will go there as well These bar graphs display the year-to-year variability in the percentage of respondents who considered a problem as at least significant (rated 3-5 on a 5-point scale). They focus on issues where problem severity is sufficiently variable year-to-year to make the comparisons. We plan to add 2014 and 2015 to these 2016-21 graphs once the earlier data is converted to the structure used in 2016 etc. Graphics prepared by Matt Bromley, survey by John Ladd. ? Some of these problems are also variable dependent on the month of entry. E.g. stream crossings will be more difficult in June than in August. We plan to address entry date issues soon. ? These charts generally ignore hikers who reported a problem as less than significant (ratings 1-2 on the 5-point scale).? ? Mosquitos: Note how much survey-reported mosquito problems vary year-to-year. In the high snow years -- especially 2017 and 2019 -- many more hikers (over 30%) found that mosquito problems were significant, while in the very dry 2020 and 2021 very few did (under 10%). Note especially the really dramatic difference in hikers who rated the problem as severe (5). ? Stream crossings: 2017 and 2019 were our recent high snowpack years. In the low snowpack years, the relatively few hikers reporting significant problems presumably hiked? either early in the year (mostly June) or encountered streams after a heavy rainfall. Rain, hail or falling snow. This is quite variable by year. 2014 and 2015 (to be added later) had a lot of multi-day and multi-night rain. First late-season snow tends to be about Sept 20, usually light, but quite heavy in 2017. But snow can fall any time. See . Hail tends to accompany afternoon thunderstorms. The survey did not ask people to distinguish between the three forms of precipitation. -- John Curran Ladd 1616 Castro Street San Francisco, CA? 94114-3707 415-648-9279 |
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Re: mountaineducation
There's this website --??that also has meetups and a podcast. Ned was a recent guest and presented a few sessions on safety. I suspect that if you contact the people running this site, they would know how to get in touch with Ned. Here are all the podcasts:
https://www.thru-r.com/podcast Although I have never taken one of his courses, I have benefited greatly from Ned's vast experience on mountain safety over the years, especially when I encountered an unexpected late season storm in May 2015, and I recommend listening or reading whatever he has to say. |
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Failed to get a permit? One way to look for a hiking partner holding an extra permit
#JMTsurvey
#Conditions
#Conditons
#Fire
#food
[Edited] One tactic if you have not snagged permit: see if someone with a permit who wants a hiking companion (and has space on his/her permit). You can look for them in the SoBo and NoBo Trip Plan Google Sheet shared among the four major JMT groups. There is a column where some people have indicated that they would like (or consider) a hiking partner. It is best to split the permit when the permit-holder picks it up which allows yo both the option to either hike together or separate [but see correction below]. To find it, see Folder 7 in https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B2fotO9uESMFZlNadHoxUUtnZHM?resourcekey=0-BY8Opzm5T4cT4TTkJiIJ_w&usp=sharing You can also browse for other resources in the same Drive folder.
Inga Aksamit, our local permit expert, tells me that "unfortunately, Yosemite can't do this anymore after the change to recreation. Gov and Inyo never did allow it." So you would have to hike together. -- John Curran Ladd 1616 Castro Street San Francisco, CA? 94114-3707 415-648-9279 |
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Re: Snow info
#Conditons
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýThanks Lange. This should be very useful to watch. I would
definitely be interested as we start the month of May. If we keep
a low snow year similar to 2015, end of May may be a good time to
get some in on the trail. Two Dogs On 3/5/2022 20:26, Lange Jorstad via
groups.io wrote:
Hello hikers, |
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Re: Snow info
#Conditons
The easiest way to find Lange's Snow folder is to use this link
/g/JMT/files/Snow worth bookmarking Thanks. Lange -- John Curran Ladd 1616 Castro Street San Francisco, CA? 94114-3707 415-648-9279 |
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Snow info
#Conditons
Hello hikers,
John Ladd asked if I could figure out a way to share the snow graphs I have been posting monthly to the JMT Facebook groups. Some of you may see these already in FB, but not everyone in this group uses FB so this is just casting the net a little wider. The graphs are simply plots of "snow water equivalent" data from the snow sensors closest to the JMT, with data from 2015 (for the historical minimum) and then 2017-2022. The data are downloaded from the California Data Exchange Center website, which makes certain data publicly available for download (since, in essence, it is paid for by public funds). Anyone is free to explore the data directly on the website; the snow info is available here:?.? Hence, I added a folder to the group files called "Snow" (sorry moderators if this was overstepping, not sure what the rules are about this!). To this folder I added three pdf files:
I'll drop a note whenever an updated version of the graphs is available.? Kind regards, Lange |
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Re: mountaineducation
See also Ned's personal FB page
He has been posting things there You can Friend and Follow him, which makes it more likely you will keep abreast of new posts. He seems to accept friendship requests freely. I was surprised to notice that he and I share over 300 mutual friends -- John Curran Ladd 1616 Castro Street San Francisco, CA? 94114-3707 415-648-9279 |
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Lange Jorstad
John Ladd
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