First fresh snow of the season.

jnyork · Post by **jnyork** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 3:01 pm

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The overcast and rain we have had all day here in the Lander Valley has finally lifted a little to reveal some nice new snow on the peaks of the Wind Rivers. It is, after all, the middle of August.

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mescalero1 · Post by **mescalero1** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 3:22 pm

Perhaps not you guys in Wyoming, but us down lower are hoping for a good snowpack this year, we could use the moisture.

jnyork · Post by **jnyork** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 3:23 pm

mescalero1 wrote:Perhaps not you guys in Wyoming, but us down lower are hoping for a good snowpack this year, we could use the moisture.

We welcome a good snowpack, we are just coming off 10 years of severe drought, every drop counts out here.

Leverluver · Post by **Leverluver** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 3:36 pm

It's 53 degrees here east of Casper, I can imagine what it is doing in the Winds. Yup, we always need snow pack. With all you out of staters in LA and Vegas drinkin all our water (and squirting it in the air in Vegas), we need extra so we can have some for our own uses

awp101 · Post by **awp101** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 3:38 pm

Snow. In August. That just ain't RIGHT!

Nath · Post by **Nath** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 3:41 pm

How high are you there jnyork?

Nath.

Leverluver · Post by **Leverluver** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 3:41 pm

In the 70s, I was up in the Winds on the 4th of July and got burried under 10". That camping trip kinda sucked.

Rexster · Post by **Rexster** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 3:48 pm

We are notably cooler down here on the Texas Coastal Plain today, too. The morning low was 72, instead of the usual 78 to low 80's. Daytime high is low-to-mid 90's instead of upper 90's. Next thing you know, the dogs will grow hair again!

Buck Elliott · Post by **Buck Elliott** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 3:52 pm

Expect to get snowed on ANY day of the year in Wyoming...

Helps keep out the riff-raff.

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 4:02 pm

Nath wrote:How high are you there jnyork?

Nath.

Lander is at about 5,300 feet or thereabouts. "Mile High".

When I lived there in the 80s we had showfall one 4th of July...

Nath · Post by **Nath** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 4:21 pm

Old Ironsights wrote:
Nath wrote:How high are you there jnyork?

Nath.
Lander is at about 5,300 feet or thereabouts. "Mile High".

When I lived there in the 80s we had showfall one 4th of July...

Yep that'll do it

N.

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 4:48 pm

Looking forward to some cooler temps and some snow!

was close to 90 today and rediculas humidity. Was
soaking wet by thime I got home from working on the rental property.

Ugh!

jb

BigSky56 · Post by **BigSky56** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 5:48 pm

York, that snow that hit you left hail big enough to knock out a horse up here and it was 40* this morning when the clouds clear I see if there's a dusting on the mtn tops. The cool weather has sure knocked the biting flies and buffalo gnats. danny

jnyork · Post by **jnyork** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 5:56 pm

Buck Elliott wrote:
Helps keep out the riff-raff.

All you need is one winter in Rock Springs or Casper to get you headed back where you came from!

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 5:57 pm

It's cooled off around here too. But, not cold enough to knock out the gnats. Still spraying my boys every day.

mescalero1 · Post by **mescalero1** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 6:05 pm

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 6:08 pm

jnyork wrote:
Buck Elliott wrote:
Helps keep out the riff-raff.
All you need is one winter in Rock Springs or Casper to get you headed back where you came from!

'course, I found out that my Wyoming Winters were mild when compared to my winters in Alaska...

pokey · Post by **pokey** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 12:24 am

global warming, anyone?

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:31 am

Mescalero, me caballos.

mescalero1 · Post by **mescalero1** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:35 am

bogus bill · Post by **bogus bill** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 11:46 am

Sounds like summer consists of two weeks of poor ice skateing there!

Buck Elliott · Post by **Buck Elliott** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 4:18 pm

Seasons in Wyoming consist of: two months of mud; eight months of Winter and two months of relatives...

"All you need is one winter in Rock Springs or Casper to get you headed back where you came from! "

Rock Springs Wyoming is the World's largest inhabited gravel pit... Casper is the Armpit of Wyoming...

BTW, 1995 (if I recall...) woke up to 8" of new snow -- on the 4th of July -- in the Teton Wilderness. There was 2 1/2 FEET of it on Teton Pass that day... By the time I got the horses grazed & gathered up again, and we fed the dudes and got camp packed up, there was just a little snow left in the deep shade...

Doc Hudson · Post by **Doc Hudson** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:52 am

You get snow in August!

We get heat waves and dadblasted tropical storms!!

It just ain't fair!!!! ;-{p>~~~~~

Buck Elliott · Post by **Buck Elliott** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:00 am

Doc Hudson wrote:You get snow in August!

We get heat waves and dadblasted tropical storms!!

It just ain't fair!!!! ;-{p>~~~~~

Since when is life supposed to be fair...?

"Fair" would be gettin' out of the deep South in the Summer and comin' to Wyoming...

TuPapito · Post by **TuPapito** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:37 pm

I took a group of 11-year old scouts up to Trial Lake in the Uinta Mountains of Utah over the weekend. We fished at the Lake until our fingers were frozen and drove home in a blizzard. Elevation: 9,825 feet. NICE!!!

Doc Hudson · Post by **Doc Hudson** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 2:14 pm

Buck Elliott wrote:
Doc Hudson wrote:You get snow in August!

We get heat waves and dadblasted tropical storms!!

It just ain't fair!!!! ;-{p>~~~~~
Since when is life supposed to be fair...?

"Fair" would be gettin' out of the deep South in the Summer and comin' to Wyoming...

maybe Buck, but I would not swap a South Alabama Winter for a Wyoming Winter.

i just ain't that much into snow. The first inch or so is OK, after that it gets real old real fast.

mod71alaska · Post by **mod71alaska** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 3:06 pm

jnyork wrote:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The overcast and rain we have had all day here in the Lander Valley has finally lifted a little to reveal some nice new snow on the peaks of the Wind Rivers. It is, after all, the middle of August.
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Termination Dust says to me that hunting season is about here, as are fall and winter...my favorite seasons!!! Well, that was when I lived in Alaska, anyway. Although, the fall in Maine is hard to beat!

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