This past weekend the American Alpine Club (AAC) hosted a fundraiser for the Snowbird Hut. The event took place at the Alaska Rock Gym in Anchorage. The AAC has been constructing a new structure over the beautiful sunny summer! They could always use more help. The new hut will be slightly larger, make better use of space and will be in a more protected location. Did I mention it has south facing windows. Ok, let’s face it…it’s nicer than my previous residence.
It’s always a fine line on these projects. We don’t want to blast these locations to everyone, but at the same time as a community we need to protect them and care for their existence.
The club needs all the help they can get to finish the structure before the snow flies this fall. If you can donate some time, lift a few stones, or even give some money for chopper time, then give them a shout. Seriously, anything helps!
The Wall of Rock
The event was a lot of fun, with local Palmer band “Back Acres” playing a few tunes, a pig roast out back, Kegs of Mooses Tooth brew and some fun bouldering!
Erin doing her best Wonka Impression…Good suds.
Ski the Jewel…check. Eat some pig…check…Drink some beer…check…boulder till the place closes…done.
“Back Acres”
In other news, I was reading our local climatological predictions for the coming season. I.e: What the heck is happening with our weather??? NOAA is predicting a La Nina winter, which means colder temps and above average precip for Northern Lattitudes on the west coast. The Southern US will be warmer, and New England will be cooler. Honestly, I don’t care about those places. All I care is this:
PROBABILITIES OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE ENHANCED IN
MOST OF ALASKA, THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, THE NORTHERN ROCKIES, AND INTO THE
NORTHERN PLAINS
LA NINA CONDITIONS ENHANCE THE PROBABILITIES OF ABOVE MEDIAN PRECIPITATION IN THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN ROCKIES IN THE FALL AND WINTER SEASONS AND IN
THE CENTRAL INTERIOR REGIONS OF THE EASTERN U.S. IN WINTER.
BRING IT! (Knock on wood) If you are interested, here’s a link to a report called “What is La Nina?” by NOAA services. Good stuff in there. Take all these climate predictions with a grain of salt, as the jet stream and major weather makers can always move.
YO SOY EL NINO!
I’ve placed a permanent link on the right sidebar to the AAC’s snowbird hut page. Check it out! Pray for snow!
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