Strawberry peak/redbox/switzer conditions

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  1. sirsam84

    sirsam84 New Member

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    Anybody got the skinny on how this sweet ride is looking currently?
     
    sirsam84, Jul 17, 2009
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    Hot...:steppie:
     
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    Note: It will be at least 5-10 degrees hotter.

    Pasadena, CA

    Sunday Hourly Forecast more details
    6 am [​IMG]
    67°F
    Feels Like
    67°F
    9 am [​IMG]
    75°F
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    12 pm [​IMG]
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    3 pm [​IMG]
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    6 pm [​IMG]
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    Feels Like
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    9 pm [​IMG]
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    DayNight
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    Partly CloudyHigh
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    Wind:SW 8 mph Max. Humidity:48% UV Index:10 Very High
    Sunrise:5:54 AM PT Avg. High:90°F Record High:102°F (1998) 8)

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    Partly CloudyOvernight Low
    67°F

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    Wind:S 6 mph Max. Humidity:68% Sunset:8:03 PM PTAvg. Low:61°F
    Record Low:50°F (1983)
     
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    I was up there about six weeks ago and some sections on the backside of Strawberry peak were extremely loose, combined with long drops I walked a few sections. And yes, it will be pretty hot.
     
    AKAlan, Jul 17, 2009
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    Typical San Gabes in July-hot, loose, exposed....hmmm, reminds me of a girl I once knew.
     
    Rossage, Jul 17, 2009
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    Did Strawberry about 3 weeks ago, ride was great, sucked in and spit out some black flies/airborn bugs every time I started climbing and breathing hard. The bugs were fierce and relentless in your face up there, watch out for horse flies.
     
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    bugs are great protein, take like an hour off your climb.
     
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    NWS forecast

    An EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT
    SUNDAY.
    MOUNTAIN TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 90S TO 110 FOR THE
    REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HEAT
    INDEX VALUES OF 100 DEGREES OR MORE WILL BE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD
    ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH SUNDAY. THEREFORE... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT
    WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEEKEND
     
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    I'm partially freezing one of my camelback bladders.
     
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    I'm freezing one bladder and sandwiching it between my back and my other bladder. This has a local cooling effect-until it melts.
    I'm actually hydrating as we speak. I'll probably have to pee all night!
    Every forecast so far has been 5 degrees over what actually happened. I know Jackie Johnson is great to look at but....
     
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    I'm hydrating right now as well. Do you think a 6-pack is enough or should I make it a twelver? :beer:
     
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    I'm just keeping it to a couple of pints. Any more than that and I may have trouble waking up so damn early!
     
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    Yeah. I'm on the water now as well.
     
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    Go easy guys, the route kicked my arse last time and I'm hoping it's because I just haven't been riding enough.
     
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    Pacing, not racing. That will be my MO.

    I promise to detour to my favorite swimming hole near the end of the ride!
     
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  17. Rossage

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    This is going to be brutal-a true epic. see you guys in the morning.
     
    Rossage, Jul 18, 2009
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    100F at the trailhead yesterday at 2PM
     
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  19. Pain Freak

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    Looking for the rr on this one. We did Chantry at 7 something this morning and it was on the warm side. You all must of had it pretty tuff out there.
     
    Pain Freak, Jul 19, 2009
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  20. UPSed

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    68 degrees at the bottom of the Crest at 6:45am. 82 at Switzers 15 minutes later. :eek: Knowing Kanga, the RR should be out this evening. Kanga, Rossage and a few others stopped at a secret swimming hole on the last leg.
     
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