Global warming update: Pikes Peak
Our house faces Pikes Peak, some 50 miles to the south, so I can personally attest as to the significant amount of snow on it as we approach June. But here’s the article:
Last May, Teresa Taylor was watching climbers pad up to the summit of Pikes Peak in shorts and sneakers. This year, she’s warning everyone that beyond Barr Camp, you’d better be dressed for the worst.
This is the snowiest spring on Pikes Peak in more than a decade. Barr Camp recorded 231 inches of snow this winter. (It only saw 50 inches in 2006.)
Hikers venturing above treeline will find that the peak is more wintry this May than it usually is in January, and they should be prepared.
“The snow is still waist-deep in places, and we just got more today,†Taylor, the caretaker at Barr Camp, said Wednesday. Every day, she warns people that the trail is buried.
I blame Bush. ..bruce..
Category: Climate Change, Environment, Main
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