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Post by Donar on Jan 17, 2020 15:27:15 GMT -5
went for a hike yesterday
see the Manhattan skyline?
Nice, is this about the farthest away where you can see the skyline? |
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Post by shalop on Jan 17, 2020 19:13:04 GMT -5
This week I did my annual winter trip (Yellowknife again this year). According to Env Canada and WU it was the coldest week in over 10 years, and I got to experience -40C several times! It was -43C there while it was +20C in NYC (I cannot emphasize just how immensely satisfying that felt). Two videos and a lot of pics below. The videos derp out a bit: that's not something I can fix (my computer just has a hard time handling files that large).
14 pictures below. If anyone is interested I can make a separate thread with more details about the trip and these temps etc, but here there seems to be a general lack of deep interest in extreme cold, so this will probably suffice. Edit: Here's a less choppy version of both videos, combined into one (and a little bit more). |
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Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Jan 17, 2020 21:28:49 GMT -5
Nice pics shalop . But jesus man, you can get frost bitten on your nose! How did you get around? It's a nice compact town so getting around by car is super convenient, and at those temperatures, a necessity in my opinion. They've had a decently cold winter this season.  Nice shots of those ravens in the first video. It's amazing how they not only survive but thrive in such a harsh environment. |
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Post by shalop on Jan 17, 2020 23:53:59 GMT -5
🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 I feel like it would defeat the purpose of the entire trip if I were to just take a car everywhere (the purpose being to thoroughly experience the coldest temperature I can possibly experience for as long as possible). But taking a car isn't really a necessity if you know how to dress for those temps, and indeed I walked everywhere (including about 6 trips back and forth from downtown to old town). According to my iphone (see the spoiler below) I walked about 35 miles (55km) over 4 days. I also saw a few people doing things like riding bikes and alpine skiing when it was well below -40C! Tried to take pics but they were moving too fast.
Really the only day when I felt a bit overstrained was the first day: Anyways, here's seven more pictures from the trip: -38C in this one: -40.7 it says: -37C downtown here: Coldest one from this batch at -43C: 38.6 below in this industrial area:
Houseboats. -39C in this pic and the next:
Perhaps the most interesting one next. Up there there's a community of houseboats living on the lake. Basically those boats become "real houses" once the lake freezes over in winter. The funny part is, they put up these ridiculous street signs in the middle of the lake.
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Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Jan 18, 2020 0:02:09 GMT -5
🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 I feel like it would defeat the purpose of the entire trip if I were to just take a car everywhere (the purpose being to thoroughly experience the coldest temperature I can possibly experience for as long as possible). But taking a car isn't really a necessity if you know how to dress for those temps, and indeed I walked everywhere (including about 6 trips back and forth from downtown to old town). According to my iphone (see the spoiler below) I walked about 35 miles (55km) over 4 days. I also saw a few people doing things like riding bikes and alpine skiing when it was well below -40C! Tried to take pics but they were moving too fast.
Really the only day when I felt a bit overstrained was the first day: Anyways, here's seven more pictures from the trip: -38C in this one: -40.7 it says: -37C downtown here: Coldest one from this batch at -43C: 38.6 below in this industrial area:
Houseboats: Perhaps the most interesting one next. Up there there's a community of houseboats living on the lake. Basically those boats become "real houses" once the lake freezes over in winter. The funny part is, they put up these ridiculous street signs in the middle of the lake. Beautiful. Yes I agree driving around everywhere would defeat the purpose if you're only staying around downtown/oldtown. It's very compact, so walking doesn't take much time at all. But you'd need a vehicle if going elsewhere, say Prelude Lake or Cameron Falls. The locals were ashamed of Cameron Falls when I went in June last year. Said it used to be much more voluminous. I'd have loved to visit Yellowknife in January this year but my job prevents travel this time of year. Thinking about visiting again in late March though. Did you make it to NWT Brewing Co? It's surprisingly a very good brewery for being the only one in town. I recommend visiting YK during the summer as well. It's very nice, despite the insane mosquitoes. |
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Post by shalop on Jan 18, 2020 0:18:53 GMT -5
^Yeah it would've been cool to visit cameron falls but I didn't want to take the risk of venturing so far at 35 to 40 below. It would def be cool to visit in July (though my work style basically dictates that summers are for hard work and winters are for going places).
I didn't visit the Brewing Co since I'm not savvy with beer culture (though I recorded that -44c just across the road from the Brewing Co; see the clip starting at 6:26 in the first video). My favorite hangout area was Bullock's Bistro: went there 3 out of 4 nights. I like the vibes and the style of the place (see part of their restaurant at 6:44 in the second vid above), plus their fish are one of a kind and mostly locally caught in North Slave.
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Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Jan 18, 2020 0:23:56 GMT -5
^Yeah it would've been cool to visit cameron falls but I didn't want to take the risk of venturing so far at 35 to 40 below. It would def be cool to visit in July (though my work style basically dictates that summers are for hard work and winters are for going places). I didn't visit the Brewing Co since I'm not savvy with beer culture (though I recorded that -44c just across the road from the Brewing Co; seems to be a slight frost hollow there). My favorite hangout area was Bullock's Bistro: went there 3 out of 4 nights. I like the vibes and the style of the place (see part of their restaurant at 6:44 in the second vid above), plus their fish are one of a kind and mostly locally caught in North Slave. I didn't go to Bullocks but did go to the German restaurant (Elke's Table) and got their battered white fish. It was really good but it was a huge portion. Felt like shit afterwards.  Cameron Falls is way too far to walk in those temps but I wouldn't be surprised if you could hitch a ride with one of the locals. They're pretty friendly. The guy at the car rental place invited me to go on a boat and eat their fishing catch on Prelude lake. I didn't go though, just not used to that kind of friendliness. |
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Post by shalop on Jan 18, 2020 0:27:51 GMT -5
^Yeah what I meant is that (at those temps) it's too far even for a car or a truck. A few people were already having truck problems, so imagine having to walk back 50 km if you have a breakdown up there. It's a bit risky.
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Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Jan 18, 2020 0:36:16 GMT -5
^Yeah what I meant is that (at those temps) it's too far even for a car or a truck. A few people were already having truck problems, so imagine having to walk back 50 km if you have a breakdown up there. It's a bit risky. Very risky. Yellowknife and surrounding area has much more of a frontier feel than Alaska even and I've been to western, northern, central, southern, and southeast Alaska. NWT is not to be fucked with.  |
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Post by Morningrise on Jan 18, 2020 12:33:11 GMT -5
My favorite photo from the recent Newfoundland blizzard... |
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Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Jan 18, 2020 12:59:30 GMT -5
My favorite photo from the recent Newfoundland blizzard... This movie comes to mind...  |
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Post by ral31 on Jan 18, 2020 19:48:43 GMT -5
Kind of looking like early spring... Temp was in low 70's F with dewpoint in upper 60's F before front this afternoon. |
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Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Jan 18, 2020 21:43:27 GMT -5
From January 11th. Was a very windy day. Next day was the first major snowfall. One of the most impressive looking skies I've seen here.  |
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Post by urania93 on Jan 19, 2020 4:36:16 GMT -5
On Friday it rained quite a lot here in Grenoble, so I was expecting to wake up with a lot of snow on the mountains all around yesterday morning. Yesterday it was still too cloudy for taking that kind of picture, this one is taken this morning, but it still remains a quite disappointing view:  The snow was so much that I indicated it with the red bar for clarity.  The mountain I can see from my window is one of the less high around the town, but still the snow line is ridiculously high for January. |
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Post by Strewthless on Jan 19, 2020 14:22:40 GMT -5
The sky looked pretty menacing earlier, it eventually turned blood red.  |
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Post by AJ1013 on Jan 19, 2020 15:36:44 GMT -5
Some photos from Mt Lemmon yesterday: Base of the Ski Valley  Starting our hike to the summit  Snowy Field  Icicles  A little snow left on these trees despite the near 50F temps  Deep snow near the summit  Looking down the mountain  |
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Post by nei on Jan 20, 2020 0:31:23 GMT -5
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Post by Strewthless on Jan 21, 2020 17:10:34 GMT -5
Another.  |
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Post by Donar on Jan 23, 2020 15:26:14 GMT -5
I haven't seen any snow falling this winter  only lying snow once in November when I was in the Eifel Mountains at 650 m where we erected a station to measure turbulent fluxes. Forgot to post the photos back then: |
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Post by ral31 on Jan 25, 2020 14:47:20 GMT -5
Just went and saw tornado damage in Kisatchie Forest from tornado last month. Fortunately it missed a neighborhood close by. 58F (DP of 35F) as of 1 PM. |
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only lying snow once in November when I was in the Eifel Mountains at 650 m where we erected a station to measure turbulent fluxes. Forgot to post the photos back then:
