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Title: Let's see the snow depth photos !!
Post by: robodad on February 05, 2008, 12:15:56 PM: You folks on the east side and foothills have all the snow, lets see the depths at your house or work or whatever, I'd like to see some from the pass if anyone has any.

None in PA !
Title: Re: Let's see the snow depth photos !!
Post by: Idabooner on February 05, 2008, 02:33:39 PM: Just measured 27 inches in Carlton, It's settled powder clear to the ground. The deer are having a hard time getting around, seems like not many of them this year in the wintering areas, they are all in town and along the river. They are being slaughtered on the hi way. The deer sink to the ground, coyotes about 6-10 inches, big cats are dragging their bellies in the snow. The deer are in small bunches of 2-3 and scattered, better odds of not being chosen by a predator and when they get to a bush to eat they don't have to share it. Coyotes and cats are using the few deer trails mostly. The Eagles and other scavenger birds are eating well this winter.
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Post by: EMPyre on February 05, 2008, 02:38:48 PM: I use this site to make guesses about run-off for fishing trips to western states in June. It's kind of fun to see the tables. Play around with it.

http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snow/ (http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snow/)
Title: Re: Let's see the snow depth photos !!
Post by: robodad on February 05, 2008, 03:18:56 PM: That is a great site !!

But what I want are local pictures of monster snow fall totals. like if your car is covered three feet deep or your sidewalk has walls etc... you know what I mean. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Let's see the snow depth photos !!
Post by: EMPyre on February 05, 2008, 03:23:24 PM: Well no pics yet, we're xcountry skiing into our cabin near Stampede Pass over Presidents Day weekend. I'll get some up after the trip, that place gets buried.

Actually I might have an older one hold on...
Title: Re: Let's see the snow depth photos !!
Post by: EMPyre on February 05, 2008, 03:27:44 PM: Here, these are from last year!

(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10464/Snow_Dump.jpg)

(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10464/Snow_from_the_Side.jpg)
Title: Re: Let's see the snow depth photos !!
Post by: robodad on February 05, 2008, 03:33:23 PM: Yep that is exactly what I am talking about, now are there any from this year !! :tup:
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Post by: WAcoyotehunter on February 05, 2008, 03:50:22 PM: I finally dug my grill out last night!!! Deer steaks for dinner :drool:
The snow here is over my waist...too deep to anything with.
Title: Re: Let's see the snow depth photos !!
Post by: robodad on February 05, 2008, 03:56:14 PM: Excellent !! :chuckle: :chuckle:

That is exactly what I am looking for !! Let's see some more.

Reminds me of home !! (Wisconsin)
Title: Re: Let's see the snow depth photos !!
Post by: ICEMAN on February 05, 2008, 07:24:14 PM: Sorry, this is last year overnighter snow camp. Shoed down after dark to checkout the closed state campground...

We are getting ready for our 2008 trip, to go in two weeks... (BTKR stay home!)
Title: Re: Let's see the snow depth photos !!
Post by: jackelope on February 05, 2008, 09:54:37 PM: this pic was taken 2/3/08. it's at my in-laws house at 3400' in the blues. the fence is 4' tall around the chicken pen. this is a drift, not normal accumulation...but they've had 44" of measurable snow in the month of january without a thaw. sorry the pic is so small.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi79.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fj139%2FBAILEYDAD%2Fsnowphoto1.jpg&hash=955c3dcdb3f8f1db12294416f6411b6976fc066f)
Title: Re: Let's see the snow depth photos !!
Post by: robodad on February 06, 2008, 08:04:51 AM: Holy Smokes Iceman, it has been a long time since I have seen snow like that great photos,

Jackelope, I remember drifts like that in the midwest and building forts into them as a kid, sometimes they were so big we had several rooms under there, it was a blast !!

Thanks guys keep em coming !!
Title: Re: Let's see the snow depth photos !!
Post by: WAcoyotehunter on February 06, 2008, 08:11:45 AM: The snow is high enough here that our(her) horses are walking over the e-fence...they're HER horses when stuff like that happens. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Let's see the snow depth photos !!
Post by: coonhunter on February 07, 2008, 05:35:27 PM: Wow you got a lot of snow. When I first moved here last August, I have no idea what that would happen to us about weather over here. My wife said I think someone knocking our door. I walked to door and open AHHHHH :'( OH NO!! what a bad design of this house who ever build this was idiot! I guess no one can come visit us :bash:
This picture was last week.
coonhunter
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Post by: WDFW-SUX on February 07, 2008, 05:49:05 PM: I wonder how the deer are doing.................... :'(
Title: Re: Let's see the snow depth photos !!
Post by: coonhunter on February 07, 2008, 06:01:21 PM: I hope most ranch and farmer give them some HAY to deer! :dunno:
We have been buying AlfAlfa every week for Deer. We have about 8 Blacktail deer coming in our pasture every night.

coonhunter
Title: Re: Let's see the snow depth photos !!
Post by: EMPyre on February 22, 2008, 10:16:16 AM: We'll I haven't quite figured out how to get pics on flickr to show up so...
I'll post the link from our annual Presidents day winter cabin trip fiasco. My brother took these shots, and I'm not in any except for the one where I'm on the roof shoveling it off! I would say about 8' on the roof! This is near Stampede Pass

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22367615@N03/sets/72157603943737635/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/22367615@N03/sets/72157603943737635/)
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on February 22, 2008, 10:20:27 AM: Heres me seeing nothing but Red X's for your pictures
Title: Re: Let's see the snow depth photos !!
Post by: ICEMAN on February 22, 2008, 07:43:23 PM: You wanna see snow!!!??? You wanna see snow!!!??? I'll show you snow!!!

This is the amount of snow it takes to shut down the North Thurston School District, Jan 2008. The school district was absolutely paralyzed. No schoool for anyone, too damn dangerous! Kids love it! Teachers love it! I hate it!

I dont mean to hijack the thread here, but since I already have for myself; It really pisses me off that the *censored* school administrators shut things down. There excuse is because their are some routes in the district that are pretty "hairy". Ya know what...? Who cares?! I remember as a kid, we used to have snow routes. School was open, just on snow routes, folks living on the steep hills had to get their kids to the bottom of the hill.

Instead, today they shut the damn schools down, diregarding the importance of parents getting to work. Parents now must use annual leave cause some idiot school district employee made a piss poor decision. "It's too dangerous, someone might get hurt". :'( How much do you want to bet that there are more kids getting hurt at home and on the streets sledding into cars on school closure days than if they just kept school open and Fing taught our kids something. Instead, they teach the kids that school isn't that important, we can cancel it for just about anything, even a quarter inch of snow which will melt by 9am.

I really really really don't like the teachers and admin in my school district!!! >:(
Title: Re: Let's see the snow depth photos !!
Post by: russ on February 22, 2008, 11:24:05 PM: i agree iceman, i was in the olympia school district and every year we would have a handful of days off just for ice or a 1/4" of slush...stupid because they tack it on at the end of the year so you dont get out till the end of june.