Winday day on Baldy

[pfinley]

Anyone else head up to Baldy on Sunday? Wow, what a day. The ridgeline had windspeeds of 86 mph and the summit was clocked at 94. It was quite an experience. I never made it past 9400 feet but was an amazing day nonetheless.

I didn't bring my camera up there, was anyone there with a camera that wouldn't mind sharing a few pics?

There was snow from about 7k on up to the hut, then the bowl still has plenty of snow.

Thanks

[Rick Kent]

It was windy over on San Jacinto too. Thought I might get blown off the mountain a few times.

[justinjohnsen]

The wind was nasty even by the Manker Flat trailhead. A few of us were practicing self arrests in a wash near the road, and we got blown over a few times while setting up on slick slopes. I think it actually helped us having a couple of unplanned falls! One gal lost a glove to a gust, and had to climb down a couple hundred feet to find it.

I can imagine how wild it must have been on the ridges.

[Stickboy]

Here's a clip from an ill-fated tip to telescope a couple of years ago.

Live it up,
-sb

http://www.wms.org/studentgroups/sig_we ... eWinds.mpg