Snow Watch 2024

20 Sep 2024 12:22 #79257 by tiska

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Satellite view of snow on 18 September 2024

And the 19 September 2024

The snow on the 20th and 21st September will fall onto a cold surface. That tends to allow more accumulation and slow the subsequent melt.

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20 Sep 2024 15:56 #79258 by tiska

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Cathedral Peak 20 Sept 2024 pm

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20 Sep 2024 20:28 #79259 by KerryLou

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Hi all. We are planning to hike Tugela Falls on Sunday and spend the night. Any idea on the snow situation? Seeing conflicting reports

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20 Sep 2024 21:46 - 20 Sep 2024 21:47 #79260 by tiska

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And a couple of hours later at 1700 on 20 Sept

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21 Sep 2024 09:23 #79261 by tiska

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There will be snow.
The roads are likely to be troublesome on Saturday 21 Sept though.

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21 Sep 2024 10:27 #79262 by supertramp

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The best might be to contact Witsieshoek Mountain Lodge to check the road situation and the condition of the hiking trail. They posted on their Facebook page this morning that the road leading up to them will be closed for 24-48 hours.

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21 Sep 2024 17:03 #79263 by KerryLou

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Hoping to head out Sunday or Monday

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22 Sep 2024 09:57 - 23 Sep 2024 08:54 #79264 by tiska

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22 Sept 2024 early morning

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23 Sep 2024 08:29 #79266 by JonWells

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Ok I think I can stop complaining now about the lack of snow in 2024

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Here is yesterday's satellite image showing the extent of the snowfall in blue:

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23 Sep 2024 10:38 - 23 Sep 2024 10:39 #79267 by Smurfatefrog

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We spent Friday night in Sleeping Beauty cave.
Arrived at Garden Castle to about a foot of snow at 3pm
Set off at 4pm, the 4km to the cave took us 3.5 hours, thick snow covering the path, trees/bushes down and darkness didn't make it easy
Snowed all of Friday night, and only stopped around 10h30 Saturday morning
Heading back down on Saturday morning the snow was over knee deep with a few additional obstacles