Snow Watch 2014

02 Oct 2014 14:27 #61925 by intrepid

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GerritHuman wrote: We were on the Amphi over the weekend. No snow, but when we came down on Sunday it was quite misty and cold. I dont think it was to cold. My first ascent sleeping bag is rated at 5 degrees and I didnt sleep cold.

One big problem we had was water. There was no flowing water on the berg. We did find a pool of water with a few dead frogs in . We were a group of 24 people and needed water to drink and for food. We added water purifying tablets and boiled the water. Luckely we didnt get sick.

Oh so that was you guys. AndrewP and I saw you on our way out, just before the storm hit.

We drank water from pools with dead frogs for 5 days. We didnt have any pills and couldn't keep up with boiling, so we just lived with the risk. So far so good, hope we survive.

Take nothing but litter, leave nothing but a cleaner Drakensberg.

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03 Oct 2014 07:07 #61927 by andrew r

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GerritHuman wrote: We were on the Amphi over the weekend....

Hay Gerrit, glad you & your group survived the wind & rain squall, we were the group of seven coming down the Chain-Ladders as you were waiting to go up

; were you the guy I chatted to about your GT in a couple of weeks time? or were you rock-climbing the wall opposite the chain-ladders to pass the time?

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03 Oct 2014 07:18 #61928 by JonWells

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Tweet from Sani Lodge yesterday evening:

"It had been snowing for the past hour up here, looks like it is set in for the night, 2cm so far"

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03 Oct 2014 08:13 #61929 by GerritHuman

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Hi Andrew, we had a real fun time up there! We slept in the hut, so the rain and strong wind wasn't a problem. No that was my nephew Willem you talked to, he said he talked to one of you guys and you told him there was little water. I was at the back motivating and helping. Its good to meet you...

We should all get "Vertical Endeavour" shirts with our names on ;-)

, I always wonder when I pass someone on the berg if I've met them on this forum.

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03 Oct 2014 08:58 #61930 by Josh of the Bushveld

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GerritHuman wrote: We should all get "Vertical Endeavour" shirts with our names on , I always wonder when I pass someone on the berg if I've met them on this forum.

The SANParks forum has had a scheme for a few years now, forumites tie yellow ribbons to the driver side wing mirror (and other places like rear-view mirror). We could do something similar on our backpacks? Another idea could be to sell branded gear as a fundraiser?

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03 Oct 2014 09:10 - 03 Oct 2014 09:10 #61931 by ghaznavid

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This debate again :laugh:

People could always introduce themselves in the mountains by their VE names rather than their actual names :silly:

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03 Oct 2014 11:03 #61934 by JonWells

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Image just tweeted by Sani Lodge:

Looks like it was another very light snowfall

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03 Oct 2014 12:15 #61938 by stefangrab

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Yes - looks like a 'sugar coating' - Anyone know of reports from elsewhere - how far south and north along the berg did it snow? And how far inland into Lesotho?

Wish we could get those daily satellite images back on the site so we get a better idea of snowfall extent

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03 Oct 2014 13:13 - 03 Oct 2014 13:18 #61941 by JonWells

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Sadly I haven't posted many satellite images of snowfall extent this winter because there really hasn't been an awful lot to show.

Today is no exception...

There may be some snow directly over the SA/Lesotho border in places(under the clouds), but it certainly didn't extend into Lesotho, or it has already melted. Both Afriski and Tiffindell webcams this morning showed that no snow had fallen, so Sani Pass is the only region we know of for now.

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16 Oct 2014 07:36 - 16 Oct 2014 07:38 #62047 by JonWells

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Well it looks like we may just get a reasonable snowfall this year, after a disappointing season thus far.

Snow is forecast for most of the Drakensberg tonight, but will most likely be restricted to areas above 2700m. Between 5 and 15cm is currently predicted:

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