[NMCCSC] Please Move Conversation // Re: SNOTEL Snow Report / 1-12-24

[Bet Gendron]

Hi All-  Barry, Robert, Dean, Gil-
Could you move this conversation out of the Club's Egroup realm?  You could
talk between yourselves and/or move it to our Facebook site.  People really
appreciate reducing the chatter into their inboxes. Just 'forward' to each
other, not 'reply'.
Meanwhile, we can all enjoy our newly cleared Crest rd and parking lots!
Thanks, guys.  Bet


On Sat, Jan 13, 2024, 7:26 AM Barry Ritchey via NMCCSCeGroup <
nmccscegroup at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

> Official NMDOT names of the guilty... or not guilty... of plowing..
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> On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 8:52 PM Robert Evans via NMCCSCeGroup <
> nmccscegroup at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
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>> Regarding plowing the crest Road, we don’t need to send anyone all the
>> way to Colorado to learn how to deal with deep snow, only up to Santa Fe.
>> The road through Hyde Park up to Aspen Vista and Santa Fe Ski area is
>> plowed incredibly well just like deep snow areas in Colorado. They got over
>> 4 feet of snow up there this week and also problems with drifting and the
>> road was perfectly clear by Wednesday morning with wide lanes, plowed
>> shoulders and turnouts, and very high snowbanks on the side. They must have
>> the equipment up there, so why can’t it happen down here?
>> Of course, there is a ski area up there, but I’m not sure that should
>> make a big difference.
>> Robert Evans
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jan 12, 2024, at 12:56 PM, Dean Kuethe via NMCCSCeGroup <
>> nmccscegroup at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> I share the incredulity but we need to identify a way to fund the effort
>> and inform public works or whoever that the snow plow needs to don chains,
>> the road needs tall reflectors so the driver knows where the road is, etc.
>>  [I saw the plow stuck twice this winter already.  In one case the rescue
>> grader got stuck as well until the driver put on chains]  Perhaps someone
>> knows how to put a mill levey or something on a ballot or how we might
>> raise enough money from winter sports enthusiasts.  At present, it
>> appears Bernallillo county is not equipped to plow a road in a place where
>> it really snows.  Perhaps in a program similar to sending a chef to Europe
>> to learn cooking, we can send a team to Colorado to learn how to plow deep
>> snow.  We need to pay plow drivers enough to plow during wee morning hours
>> so they don't have to plow around stuck vehicles.
>> I doubt this can happen this winter.  Us winter recreation fans and
>> associated businesses probably need to "step up to the plate".  The other
>> capitalist entities that may join are the companies that need access to the
>> communication towers.
>> One of those giant snow blowers they use in Wolf Creek Pass would be
>> great but I bet they cost a fortune.  Traditionally, our plow leaves
>> huge banks of snow in the road in heavy snow years, reducing the road to
>> one lane in spots. It costs money to remedy that.
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 12:26 PM Gil Stewart via NMCCSCeGroup <
>> nmccscegroup at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> I don't want you to take this wrong or it is not meant to be
>>> disrespectful but the road to the crest needs to be open and i mean
>>> yesterday. The States largest mountain next to the largest city in New
>>> Mexico and w no-one can access it. I realize there is not enough man power
>>> but that response is not acceptable me especoally now that the tram is
>>> closed.There I said it I feel better now.
>>>
>>> On Jan 12, 2024, at 8:31 AM, Barry Ritchey via NMCCSCeGroup <
>>> nmccscegroup at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Snow report from SNOTEL sites around the Southwest. Friday, January 12,
>>> 2024.
>>>
>>> These numbers are more aligned with what a plunged ski pole might
>>> measure, compared to a magic snowdrift at a ski area. Most NM mountains
>>> have a snowpack well over 100% of normal, with SW Colorado mountains still
>>> below normal. But who knows what the new normal is…
>>>
>>> Inches of snowpack today, Jan 12, and a week ago.
>>>
>>> Sandias – No SNOTEL sensor, but it’s good to excellent. But will they
>>> ever plow the road?
>>>
>>> Santa Fe – 44”, up from 32” a week ago.
>>>
>>> Jemez (Quemazon) – 30” up from 21”
>>>
>>> Hopewell Lake – 31” up from 23” (Check NMRoads before driving up. US64
>>> is prone to closings.)
>>>
>>> Cumbress/Chama – 48” doubled from 24”
>>>
>>> Wolf Creek Pass – 59” up from 32”
>>>
>>> Red Mtn. Pass – 38” up from 28”
>>>
>>> Let it snow,
>>>
>>> Ritchey, Tele Ranger
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