 Poster: A snowHead
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I noticed this yesterday on the Mount Baker Website which I will put a link to below.
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We appreciate that many of you have made travel plans to be at Baker for the holiday weekend and that many of you regulars are very excited about all the new snow.
However, this storm cycle has been extremely unusual the past few days. We have received approximately 112 inches of total snowfall in a very short amount of time--with most of this amount of snow falling on Friday at a warm 33 degrees.
Recently, we have received more snow in such a short time than has ever been measured in our recorded history at Mt. Baker. |
That is a lot of now, 9ft 3in. The report goes on to say that they will be keeping the resort closed until the snow stabilises, possible Wednesday.
http://www.mtbaker.us/reports/index.html
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yes, picked up on the same story. Washington State holds the records for annual snowfall in the US, I think, but this is phenomenal. I believe Mount Baker shut all its lifts last Friday, so it will have been closed for 5 days to deal with all this.
Apparently, Seattle had had 26 continuous days of rainfall up to last Friday and the state governor then declared a state of emergency due to the risk of flooding, mudlows and landslides.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Vancouver had 26 or 27 days of consecutive rain as well. It's snowed about 10 feet at Whistler through the first half of January so far. A great time to be skiing in the northwest 
I'm sure Baker will be insane when they open it up. They have an 11 - 12.5 foot base at the moment!
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I was out there for two of those weeks at the end of December, up in Bellingham, and yes it was more or less wet the entire time!!!!! Except the first day I was out there, freezing cold and beautiful!!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Baker holds the world ski resort season snowfall record I think - photos from 1999 or 2000 show chairlifts running through canyons of snow
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fatbob, You are quite right, and they are not shy telling you about it either!!!! 
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any pics of current snow and the 99/00 chairlifts??
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I haven't but there may be on the Mt Baker website
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