Posted 2008-05-23 1:35 PM (#84571) Subject: From spring back to winter in 5 miles.....
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Posts: 479 Location: central sierra nevada foothills
Towed up to Spicers again and thought well the snow melt with the hot weather last week should able me to get into Bull Run Peak. Thought the views should be awesome as it sits up around 7900ft. elev. and you can see all around the Carson-Iceberg wilderness. Well my ride was cool to start with and pulled out my outback and chinks. Figured I can pull off the outback as it warms up later in the morning as it was only 8a.m. and still cool, yeah a whole 30 degrees! The clouds set in, and looked like fog, it started to drop tiny snow dropplets, "OH, Wonderful!", it should stop soon. Well 5 miles into my ride and the clouds got thicker, and the snow well............snowed harder! This wasn't good and I turned and got my horse's butt out of there, as a snow storm in the sierras doesn't always stay light, it gets worse and I didn't want to get "snowed in!" The last few years snow in May is unusual, but we've had some very dry years, and actually it isn't really unusual and the sierra mountains are a really strange place and can actually form their own weather patterns.
Only took a few pics but hope yall enjoy what I took......
Josie and myself pose for a pics......
A view of the granite scenery..............
and don't know if yall can make it out, but the small white specks are snowflakes, and that became heavier and I was covered in snow when I got back to the trailer!
I will try this trail again when I know it won't snow, but ya never know riding around in the sierras!
From spring back to winter in 5 miles.....
