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Point Lobos Birds

PtLobosShoreBirds2005|10|15: Shore birds. Point Lobos. October 15, 2005. © Copyright Dan Mitchell.
Shore Birds. Point Lobos. October 15, 2005. © Copyright Dan Mitchell.
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October 15, 2005 Posted by | Wildlife | Comments Off on Point Lobos Birds

Plans Change

I was planning to join some friends for a final short Sierra pack trip this weekend, but weather forecasts like the following make us thing twice about this sort of thing:

“UPPER TROF MOVING IN TONIGHT WILL BE ACCOMPANED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS THIS EVENING AND RIDGE TOP GUSTS OF 100MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT….. WX TURNING MUCH COOLER SATURDAY WITH A COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE CREST AND A DUSTING POSSIBLE IN [Mammoth] BY SATURDAY EVENING.”

We’re not going…
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October 14, 2005 Posted by | Trips | Comments Off on Plans Change

Supressing the Facts

From The Daily Scoop:

The journal, Environmental Science and Technology …

The journal,
Environmental Science and Technology
(EST), reports that the White House has
actively repressed
a congressionally mandated study that examines the potential impacts of climate change on the U.S., noting that federal researchers are
explicitly forbidden from referring to the study
.

Begun in 1998 and completed in 2001, the
U.S. National Assessment
is the only study to broadly examine how global warming might affect communities in the U.S. Because of the subject matter, however, the assessment has been
mired in political controversy
since its release, and officials in the Bush Administration have sought to remove any reference to the report from publications coming out of their Climate Change Science Program (CCSP).

The report also says that
outreach efforts
intended to educate the public about climate change has been quashed by the White House.

– pat joseph [Daily Scoop]

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October 13, 2005 Posted by | Environment | Comments Off on Supressing the Facts

Sierra Fall Weather

When contemplating a late-season Sierra pack trip – say a season concluding mid-October trip – one has to think long and hard about forecasts like this one:

“WARMING TREND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY IN THE HIGH COUNTRY WITH HIGHS NEAR 70 THURSDAY AND FRIDAY….UPPER TROF MOVING IN FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE ACCOMPANED BY GUSTY WINDS FRIDAY EVENING AND RIDGE TOP GUSTS OF 100MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT….. WX TURNING MUCH COLDER SATURDAY WITH SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE HIGH COUNTRY AND EVEN IN THE TOWN OF MAMMOTH….UPPER PATTERN WILL SPLIT AND SO POSITION OF UPPER CUT OFF TO DETERMAN WHERE BEST PRECIP WILL BE. “”IF”” UPPER CUT OFF DEVELOPS LIKE 12Z NAM (ETA) THEN HIGH COUNTRY COULD GET GOOD SHOT OF SNOWFALL OVER THE WEEKEND…3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE BY MONDAY AM. MAYBE 1 TO 3 IN TOWN…THIS IS JUST A “WAG” SO HANG IN THERE…UPDATE TOMORROW AM. [sic]

While October can be, as I’ve no doubt written here previously, wonderfully sunny and beautiful it can also turn in the opposite direction quite quickly – as it looks like it may do this weekend.

Last October I did a short trip to the Cathedral Lakes/Cathedral Peak area in Yosemite right about this time. (See here and here.) The weather was fine with the exception of a little afternoon snow flurry as we climbed a ridge.

However, friends who visited the area the following weekend encountered nice weather on Saturday, deteriorating weather in the evening followed by an incoming Sierra winter storm which closed most of the Sierra hiways.
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October 13, 2005 Posted by | Commentary | Comments Off on Sierra Fall Weather

North From Conway Summit

ConwayAspensNorth2005|10|08: Aspens. Conway Summit. October 8, 2005. © Copyright Dan Mitchell.
Aspens. Looking North From Conway Summit. October 8, 2005. © Copyright Dan Mitchell.
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October 11, 2005 Posted by | Sierra Nevada | Comments Off on North From Conway Summit

First Sierra Snow 2005

FirstSnow2005|10|08: First Snow. October 8, 2005. © Copyright Dan Mitchell.
First Snow. October 8, 2005. © Copyright Dan Mitchell.
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October 10, 2005 Posted by | Sierra Nevada | Comments Off on First Sierra Snow 2005

Aspen Grove at Sunset

ConwayAspenSlope2005|10|08: Aspen Groves at Sunset. Conway Summit. October 8, 2005. © Copyright Dan Mitchell.
Aspen Grove at Sunset. Conway Summit. October 8, 2005. © Copyright Dan Mitchell.
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October 9, 2005 Posted by | Sierra Nevada | Comments Off on Aspen Grove at Sunset

Aspens at Conway Summit

ConwayAspensVert2005|10|08: Aspen Grove. Conway Summit. October 8, 2005. © Copyright Dan Mitchell.
Aspen Grove. Conway Summit. October 8, 2005. © Copyright Dan Mitchell.
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October 9, 2005 Posted by | Sierra Nevada | Comments Off on Aspens at Conway Summit

A Long Day

… but a good one.

I left about 4:30 a.m. this morning and headed to the Sierra. I crossed to the east over Carson Pass and then travelled over Monitor Pass to Hiway 395. I headed south, detouring at Sonora Pass and at Conway Summit before heading back over Tioga Pass to return home… at 11:30 p.m.

SilverLakeAspens2005|10|08: Aspens near Silver Lake. Sierra Nevada, California. October 8, 2005. © Copyright "g Dan Mitchell". keywords: aspens golden autumn fall color sierra nevada california silver lake carson pass hiway 88 color photograph
Aspens Near Silver Lake. October 8, 2005. © Copyright Dan Mitchell.

More photos later…
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October 8, 2005 Posted by | Sierra Nevada | Comments Off on A Long Day

Aspens

It looks like I’ll be off very early tomorrow for a one-day loop through parts of the eastern Sierra – carrying a camera and looking for aspens and other fall colors!
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October 7, 2005 Posted by | Trips | Comments Off on Aspens

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