Tuckermans...

[chinooktrail]

Hi All,

Has anyone been up to the lunch rocks in the last day or two?

One of the 'salesmen' here at work was asking what he needed to go up tomorrow am before work...

Thanks!

Christine

 

[TCD]

http://www.outdoors.org/recreation/tripplanner/go/backcountry-weather.cfm

 

[Kevin Judy and Emma]

Time for Tuckerman

Can check this out as well:

http://www.timefortuckerman.com/

KDT

 

[blacklab2020]

www.tuckerman.org now has updates

 

[sardog1]

For the benefit of those who may not heed blacklab2020's tip to check out the Avalanche Advisory for Tuckerman and Huntington Ravines:

A major storm system is currently dumping snow on Mt. Washington creating changing conditions by the minute. Before getting too far into the discussion, my advice is to stay out of the Ravines during this storm and re-assess when the clouds part. This storm has the potential to dramatically change conditions in the Ravines from scattered pockets of snow to some well developed avalanche paths. Our starting point before snow began to fall Monday night consisted of a lot of water ice, pockets of snow that could provide a bed surface for a small avalanche and some larger snowfields, most notably the south side of Tuckerman Ravine and Central Gully in Huntington, that have the most significant bed surfaces and longest developed run outs. These conditions resulted in the issuance of our first General Advisory on Sunday. We still remain under a General Advisory based on the current absence of well developed avalanche paths but you need to realize that THERE IS A STRONG POTENTIAL FOR AVALANCHES TO OCCUR DURING THIS STORM. As of 630 am on Tuesday, Hermit Lake recorded 9.4" (24 cm) of snow with the potential for a lot more. How much more will depend on the amount of warm air that nudges in which will transition snow to mixed precipitation or rain. This variable is proving to be difficult to forecast for the NWS. The Summit is expected to stay all frozen through this event that is forecasted to linger into Wednesday. Total liquid could exceed 2" (5cm) and if that stays all snow some of our avalanche paths will grow subtantially. Winds will be out of the SE and increasing to 70 to 90 mph (112 to 144 kph) on Tuesday and begin shifting to the SW on Wednesday. Despite the lack of well developed avalanche paths, there is plenty of bulls-eye data available to make us all think of avalanches. This data includes a significant amount of new snow with the potential for a lot more to fall; warming temperatures that will create an upside down snowpack; increasing winds during the storm that will create windslabs; varying bed surfaces, including water ice, for new snow to avalanche on.

 

[blacklab2020]

Wow they changed it since I last saw, but that is to be expected given this weather. Thanks for the clarification.