Posted by David Taylor on August 10, 2008 at 12:36 AM
First it was the winter... now the rain... Normally I just drive to where the best weather is, but much of the state is getting rained on + the high gas prices make driving much more expensive. Sorry, I'll stop whining now
Posted by Skip Martin on August 10, 2008 at 12:56 AM
It will stop raining when it starts snowing
I was out at Eielson in Denali on Thursday and it was spitting snow and 35. Every year that I've been up here, the snow line at least waits for some fall color to start creeping down. It was green and white. Grrrr...
(does the image show up? I just see the html code. If somebody could help me out here, that'd be great)
Posted by David Taylor on August 10, 2008 at 2:18 AM
Hey Skip-
Yeah, I'm just seeing the link. But the image shows up when I copy the address into my browser address window. I see we got a fresh layer of termination dust up in Hatcher's and Pioneer Peak... we just can't win.
Posted by Jim DeWitt on August 10, 2008 at 2:29 AM
It has rained in Fairbanks at least once every day - most days, all day - since July 5. By far the wettest, greyest summer in my memory.
Posted by Bob Malvin on August 10, 2008 at 3:08 PM
I was just saying the same thing! When it snows!
I have not recovered from last weeks 25 mile loop down East Fork over to Toklat and back out. Today I am heading in again with the attempt to make it to Anderson Pass. Yet, I suspect the rains will turned to snow long before I get up there. It is getting more and more difficult to head back in. Is it age or is it the weather?
Bob: It's BOTH !!!
I think it's actually been better south of Anchorage. and that's pretty unusual. It was raining in the mountains, but was somewhat sunny around Soldotna and Kenai. Wow the weather has been changing fast, though. From sunny to cloudy to sunny to hail to rain and then to mostly clear all in one day. It's definitely been a strange "summer", and I use the term loosely. You know it's weird when even the fireweed looks unhealthy!!!!
And you know, this is the longest I've ever seen the lupine bloom. I still see some lupine blooming in cool, shady areas and in the higher elevations.
Any bets on when we'll see snow down close to sea level?
Posted by Ron Niebrugge on August 11, 2008 at 4:42 PM
This weather has been frustrating. I found lupine just beginning to bloom at about the 1,500 level near Seward - and at the same time, blue berries are already ripe!
Posted by Bob Malvin on August 15, 2008 at 12:47 PM
The rain did end, and I did another epic march, but can't remeber how to post images. I will work on that tonight. Fives days now without rain!!!!!!!! 3 with sunshine!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Carl Donohue on August 22, 2008 at 4:13 AM
Hey Ron,
I haven't found a ripe blueberry all season - and I'm looking hard, every morning before my oatmeal. :)
Cheers
Carl
Posted by Bob Malvin on August 29, 2008 at 3:05 PM
So, the blueberries are out, but about a 3rd the size of the usual. I found some really good ones in isolated spots in Kantishna.
The soap berries on the gravel bars are really full and colorful. And since the bluberry crop is so poor the bears have come down low again to feed. Two days in a row I walked up on grizzlies at close range on these bars. Of course, they are not aggressive and are in the "eating mode".
We saw 20 bears on the trip to Wonder Lake on Wednesday. The bulls and the crowds are in the front country .... all the commosion is keeping the bulls well off the road.
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9 repliesI was out at Eielson in Denali on Thursday and it was spitting snow and 35. Every year that I've been up here, the snow line at least waits for some fall color to start creeping down. It was green and white. Grrrr...
[IMG]http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g44/skipmartin/WonderLakeAug2008_3379.jpg[/IMG]
(does the image show up? I just see the html code. If somebody could help me out here, that'd be great)
Yeah, I'm just seeing the link. But the image shows up when I copy the address into my browser address window. I see we got a fresh layer of termination dust up in Hatcher's and Pioneer Peak... we just can't win.
I have not recovered from last weeks 25 mile loop down East Fork over to Toklat and back out. Today I am heading in again with the attempt to make it to Anderson Pass. Yet, I suspect the rains will turned to snow long before I get up there. It is getting more and more difficult to head back in. Is it age or is it the weather?
I think it's actually been better south of Anchorage. and that's pretty unusual. It was raining in the mountains, but was somewhat sunny around Soldotna and Kenai. Wow the weather has been changing fast, though. From sunny to cloudy to sunny to hail to rain and then to mostly clear all in one day. It's definitely been a strange "summer", and I use the term loosely. You know it's weird when even the fireweed looks unhealthy!!!!
And you know, this is the longest I've ever seen the lupine bloom. I still see some lupine blooming in cool, shady areas and in the higher elevations.
Any bets on when we'll see snow down close to sea level?
I haven't found a ripe blueberry all season - and I'm looking hard, every morning before my oatmeal. :)
Cheers
Carl
The soap berries on the gravel bars are really full and colorful. And since the bluberry crop is so poor the bears have come down low again to feed. Two days in a row I walked up on grizzlies at close range on these bars. Of course, they are not aggressive and are in the "eating mode".
We saw 20 bears on the trip to Wonder Lake on Wednesday. The bulls and the crowds are in the front country .... all the commosion is keeping the bulls well off the road.