Official laurium glacier meltdown contest

[anonomoose]

I remember growing up in a small farming town in Wisconsin, where the most exciting things to do in the summer was listen to the corn grow!

Guess the most exciting thing to do in the UP in the spring is watch snow melt

Just for comparison purposes....I remember a bunch of years ago, taking a "sunday" drive up in the Huron Mountains on a well maintained summer road and having to get out and push to get unstuck from a big drift that had still not melted yet. It was Mothers day.....and this was not any glacier...just a drift. I had a rear wheel drive machine and gave it a hard run, but didn't quite make it thru....

 

[borderstaff]

So...it melted today right?

 

[lenny]

I think it was yesterday,,,yup,,,I won!

 

[frnash]

Don't get yer hopes up yet, there's still snow on Mont Ripley as I write -- the south facing side (!) of the Portage Canal!

 

[Admin]

Well, she's gone for another year.

April 30th and "samc" looks to be the winner.

Shoot me an e mail Sam and we can get the grand prize going for you!

-John

 

[frnash]

Well, she's gone for another year.

April 30th and "samc" looks to be the winner.

Shoot me an e mail Sam and we can get the grand prize going for you!

-John

What? The snow on Mont Ripley (on the south facing side of the Portage Canal) outlasted the Laurium Glacier this year? Incredimus!

From (click →) MTU's RipleyCam.

 

[lenny]

aw man, I was way off, swammy, slappy, swanky,,,,ok looky here,,, Samsonite

 

[Admin]

What? The snow on Mont Ripley (on the south facing side of the Portage Canal) outlasted the Laurium Glacier this year? Incredimus!

From (click →) MTU's RipleyCam.

That snow get a weee bit more help from the snowmaking equipment Nic and the crew at Ripley have! The Laurium Glacier is all mother nature.

-John

 

[mezz]

Well, thats the luck of the draw I guess. This is the closest I have been, my choice was Apr 27th, I thought I would hit it, Oh well, next time.-Mezz

 

[frnash]

That snow get a weee bit more help from the snowmaking equipment Nic and the crew at Ripley have! The Laurium Glacier is all mother nature.

-John

True, it does, but it's also sitting right out there in the sun, while the Laurium Glacer is in a bit more of a protected location; I woulda' thought that would make the difference!

 

[Admin]

True, it does, but it's also sitting right out there in the sun, while the Laurium Glacer is in a bit more of a protected location; I woulda' thought that would make the difference!

Actually, the Laurium Glacier pretty much catches the full sun too. Might be a bit shaded in the early morning, but otherwise catches full sun.

-John

 

[Pizza Man]

Well, that shot my May 4 guess

 

[Skylar]

Crap missd it by a day!!

 

[cuzzinolaf]

I saw a few small patches of snow on the side of the road when I was up in the UP this weekend.... at least I thought it was snow as I drove by.

 

[sp123]

i seen mount ripely yesterday and there is still a couple patches of snow on it but like john said they use snow machines so it really isn't that impressive I have seen some of the snowbanks from plows front end loaders sno-gos etc last into the 1st week of june but its not natural its piled there.