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07 Apr 2014 09:51 #60218 by Trev
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I'm guessing 24 April.

Regarding summer snow, I was in the snow January 1, 2000 at Giants.

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10 Apr 2014 01:09 #60263 by Serious tribe
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I hiked up Cowl Gully and it was snowing late november.

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11 Apr 2014 17:12 #60313 by ASL #Bivak
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:ohmy: hehe... Mountain-Weather.com shows a 1cm snowfall on the summit of Champagne Castle next week Tuesday 15th!

Think we may struggle to spot this one... not quite a snow event!

www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Champagne-Castle/forecasts/3377

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11 Apr 2014 17:14 #60314 by ASL #Bivak
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okay 3cm at Injisuthi and 4cm at Thaba Nt..whatever

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11 Apr 2014 18:17 #60317 by diverian
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We will be camping at Injesuthi from tommorow, will keep our eyes peeled and report.

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11 Apr 2014 21:52 #60319 by stefangrab
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I'm heading up to camp at Mafadi summit on Sunday, then down again Tuesday afternoon. I doubt very much it will snow but will report if any hint of it.

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14 Apr 2014 07:40 #60344 by JonWells
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The latest forecast details are still suggesting snow may fall on the peaks of the southern and central berg on Wednesday, with 8cm being forecast for Giant's Castle Peak, and 11cm for Thabana Ntlenyana.

The freezing level is not expected to drop below 3300m


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16 Apr 2014 12:57 #60383 by stefangrab
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Some snow has fallen overnight (15-16 April) on the Mafadi-Lithotobolong range...and possibly in the Kotisephola / Thabana Ntlenyana area & Leqooa range...hopefully it will become clearer this afternoon for a more thorough view of the snow extent. However, it looks like it may have been restricted to only a few high summits above 3300m.

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16 Apr 2014 13:05 #60385 by ghaznavid
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JonWells wrote: So who wants to guess the date of the first snowfall of 2014?

ghaznavid wrote: I'm going with 14 April.

stefangrab wrote: Some snow has fallen overnight (15-16 April) on the Mafadi-Lithotobolong range...


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16 Apr 2014 14:51 #60389 by JonWells
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Well done Ghaz, just about as close as can be!

I also noticed the very tiny amounts of snow visible in a few areas on today's Terra satellite images, the clearest was the Thabana Ntlenyana region.

With the freezing level being on the absolute brink of what is required for Berg snow, this event was always going to be touch and go, and it ended being a rather quiet show, but at least its a start!
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