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Alpental / Snoqualmie Mtn AvControl - Fall 2012

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13 years 3 months ago #206735 by Charlie Hagedorn
Replied by Charlie Hagedorn on topic Re: Alpental / Snoqualmie Mtn AvControl - Fall 2012
With the heli-bombing operations a couple years ago, the outreach at trailheads as far away as Commonwealth Basin was awesome. Friendly uniformed folks gave clear information about where and approximately when operations would take place. It was easy to plan our tour with the information they provided.

Siren sounds awesome.

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13 years 3 months ago #206961 by Gib
As of today, Tuesday Nov 13th, it looks like we will do live fire targeting this week.  Most like it will be Thursday based on the weather forecast and we appear to be getting lucky with the amount of recent snowfall.  There should be just enough on the ground to make hiking or climbing very undesirable on the phantom side of the mountain, and also skiing or riding clearly not yet on anyones mind.  We'll be updating the snow phone and putting out signs to capture those who show up that morning. We will also have staff at the Snow Lake trailhead for the duration of activities.  Snow Lake trail will be left open open for winter walkers, no hazard from above yet with the marginal foot or so of snow on the ground, but we want to make sure everyone in the area knows what's going on.  This is good practice for the public info portion of these events, we will not get every target done this time around so there will likely be another session mid-winter.  Thanks for the support - G

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13 years 3 months ago #207005 by Gib
[size=12pt]Fog and low clouds kept us from getting this done today so we are re-upping all the messages and will try again tomorrow.  Live Fire targeting is now scheduled for Friday November 16th, 2012 at 0700
Thanks for patience / G[/size]

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13 years 3 months ago #207014 by Gib
NO SHOOTING AGAIN TODAY
SNAFU'd with lingering fog, and weather looks to be going the wrong way for foreseen future. We are now just postponing this mission until things look a little more settled.  Sorry if we inconvenienced anyone, and I will of course try to post here with at least a day or two's notice when we try again. /G

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13 years 2 months ago #207424 by Rusty Knees
Replied by Rusty Knees on topic Re: Alpental / Snoqualmie Mtn AvControl - Fall 2012
Hi Gib,
Any plans for avalanche control work Friday 12-7-12? Any restrictions at this point for skinning up chair 1 and or chair 2? Thanks!

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13 years 2 months ago #207426 by tele.skier

Hi Gib,
Any plans for avalanche control work Friday 12-7-12?  Any restrictions at this point for skinning up chair 1 and or chair 2?  Thanks!


Ditto on that queston Gib!

*looks like a potentially epic day... IF the weatherman is right..

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