Looking at it in Google Earth, there is a road that leads to the back door of this place.  A tunnel about 1km long carved into the other side of the mountain.

OK, you don't have to venture out into the word's unwashed masses to see cool stuff.
You can mingle with 'Merica's unwashed masses...







 

I saw a social media post that did some back-of-the-envelope calculation of the weight of the snow on the roofs of a typical house in Lake Tahoe, where the snow depth is similar, and it was astounding.  The houses there are built for deep snow, but I don't think they expected 20+ feet of snow when they designed them.  This post I saw said the weight was roughly 300,000 pounds on a typical roof.  Not sure if that is correct, but if the snow is over 20 feet deep, it seems possible.

It's good for the drought, but it doesn't soak in as fast as it runs off, so the aquifers don't benefit as much as you'd hope.

The uptick in hikers during COVID lead to a lot of rescues in the Adirondacks as the unprepared got in trouble. On the upside NYS finally hired a bunch of new rangers.  Knowing your limits is so important and hiking with an experienced person helps, unfortunately social media influencers create a false picture of what hiking is. Too many folks are out there in crocs not expecting the shit to hit the fan.


Here's a particularly sad story from NH.
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2022/12/23/young-westford-hiker-who-died-in-nh-remembered-as-caring-determined/
 

Last edited by griff (3/26/2023 6:24 am)

Another wild foot bridge by the same architects as the Lucky Knot:
Melkweg Bridge - NEXT Architects

USA!  USA!  USA!










 

My pleasure...

You mean it's a grave, HM? She made good on her threat to kill anyone tracking mud?

See the USA... in your spare time...