peakbagger
In Rembrance , July 2024
I had to do a day trip down to Central Mass today to check on a project and left Gorham NH around 6 AM. I had about 30" of snow on my woodpiles and about 16" on my pitched garage roof. There was no sight of any pavement on my driveway. It was 58 degrees. as I headed down the big hill in Randolph. One car at Appalachia and all the rivers and streams were froze in on my way south. It actually cooled down to the 40s down through southern NH
I headed back north in continuous fog up I 93. I hit the southern whites around 2:30 PM.The I93 pemi crossings were up but they was still mostly frozen in but the fog made it hard to see. The East Branch was looking a bit more wild. Once thru the notch the fog dropped off and along RT3 I could see a lot of seasonal drainages in the woods out of their banks. The Gale River was definitely in flood mode, no ice and running out of banks plus the water looked like milk chocolate. I could see lots of bare ground in the woods. I stopped by the end of Little River road (and will post my observations separately on the other thread), but the Little River was cranking and out of its banks. I think it may have been intentional but there is low point on the approach to the bridge that I believe serves as flood bypass to keep the bridge standing. It had water flowing over it
The most striking was the Ammonoosuc River near the junction of RT 302. It was in full flood mode, it was bank to bank with ice chunks moving fast. I have no doubt its going to find a place to jam up. Rt 115 doesnt have many major streams to speak of until the Israel River. It was definitely cranking up but no where near the Ammo. I got home and it was just about dark but my snow pack is probably less the 10", my garage roof is mostly melted off and my wood piles have lost at least 3/4 of their snow. Its 7 Pm and the temps still 56 with wind gusts which is ideal melting conditions. I had some car repairs that I had held off on as I wasnt in mood to heat my garage. I spent about 2 hours in the garage with the door open and was quite comfortable even after dark.
My guess for Saturday is the trails will be mess, no such thing as ice bridges. There may be a bit of fresh snow when the front goes through but expect it going to be messy. I expect sunday will be ice with bit of fresh snow on top of it .
I headed back north in continuous fog up I 93. I hit the southern whites around 2:30 PM.The I93 pemi crossings were up but they was still mostly frozen in but the fog made it hard to see. The East Branch was looking a bit more wild. Once thru the notch the fog dropped off and along RT3 I could see a lot of seasonal drainages in the woods out of their banks. The Gale River was definitely in flood mode, no ice and running out of banks plus the water looked like milk chocolate. I could see lots of bare ground in the woods. I stopped by the end of Little River road (and will post my observations separately on the other thread), but the Little River was cranking and out of its banks. I think it may have been intentional but there is low point on the approach to the bridge that I believe serves as flood bypass to keep the bridge standing. It had water flowing over it
The most striking was the Ammonoosuc River near the junction of RT 302. It was in full flood mode, it was bank to bank with ice chunks moving fast. I have no doubt its going to find a place to jam up. Rt 115 doesnt have many major streams to speak of until the Israel River. It was definitely cranking up but no where near the Ammo. I got home and it was just about dark but my snow pack is probably less the 10", my garage roof is mostly melted off and my wood piles have lost at least 3/4 of their snow. Its 7 Pm and the temps still 56 with wind gusts which is ideal melting conditions. I had some car repairs that I had held off on as I wasnt in mood to heat my garage. I spent about 2 hours in the garage with the door open and was quite comfortable even after dark.
My guess for Saturday is the trails will be mess, no such thing as ice bridges. There may be a bit of fresh snow when the front goes through but expect it going to be messy. I expect sunday will be ice with bit of fresh snow on top of it .
