Severe ice on the road!

[GrauGeist]

 

[Wayne Little]

Glad we don't have that Snow stuff down here....

 

[Njaco]

Glad we don't have that Snow stuff down here....

 

[Lucky13]

 

[GrauGeist]

Meanwhile, in Japan...

 

[vikingBerserker]

Whoa!

 

[buffnut453]

Must've been one heck of a snow plough to clear that route!

 

[GrauGeist]

I think the Japanese use snow-blowers.

I know we have them here in Northern California to clear the passes in the Sierras and a few other locations in the Cascade Range.

One pass in particular, near Mount Lassen, will have drifts well over 20 feet deep and snow can remain on the ground until September.

 

[bobbysocks]

Meanwhile, in Japan...

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ya know...not much makes me squirrelly...THAT does!!! no fricken way would i be on that road....guess an avalance happening never dawned on them. hell you dig a ditch deeper than your chest you should have forms to keep the sides from falling in....that is catastrophy ticking down.

 

[GrauGeist]

Believe it or not, in a deep cut like that, the snow remains remarkably stable, even as it melts.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

In the past week we've had 22" here. Got 3" more this morning and suppose to get more Wed. night and Thur.

 

[fubar57]

Must suck driving there Aaron. Is it the wet kinda snow? We get nice powder at around -15°C and colder, you can still do a 120kp/h on it.

Geo

 

[bobbysocks]

Believe it or not, in a deep cut like that, the snow remains remarkably stable, even as it melts.

i know its not cut....but...no thanks i would rather take my chances flying over it in a breezy...lol


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq_pg5gi2PI

 

[fubar57]

A quick lesson in water displacement.

Geo

 

[Airframes]

Isn't that what Jan does after eleventeen pints on a Saturday night ?

 

[Njaco]

We use snowblowers too!

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[GrauGeist]

While not as extreme as Japan's Alpine highway, California gets some serious snow in the Sierras, especially near Donner pass, Truckee and Lake Tahoe. The flats between Lassen (Old Station) and the Susanville cutoff can see snowfall that will easily reach 20 to 30 feet...

 

[Njaco]

You can keep that shiite!