@douglasvb it won’t be a #DinkeyCreek then! 😤 @BakerRL75

Working on widening the driveway at #ForkedMeadow #California before the #blizzard coming in on Monday. We've got a #WinterStormWarning starting this afternoon. Now the NWS is saying up to 7 feet of new snow by the end of Wednesday.

That's a #bobcat #skidSteer with a big snow blower attachment. It's how we keep things open in the winter. The driveway is a bit more than a half mile long to get to the county road that PG&E keeps open for access to one of their hydro projects.

#CaWx #DinkeyCreek

We picked up another inch or two of snow overnight at #ForkedMeadow #California

It went down to 14f overnight and is curently 18f.

The weather forecast for the Forked Meadow / #DinkeyCreek / #ShaverLake area now has a #BlizzardWarning for Monday through Wednesday and they're saying 3-7 feet of new snow in that time period will fall.

It's time to get out for more diesel for the snow blower and other supplies before the next storm rolls in.

#CaWx

@sarae some of the out buildings at #ForkedMeadow #California are disappearing under the snow. This is an insane storm. It's been a long time since the #DinkeyCreek and #ShaverLake area has seen this much all at once. #EpicDump #Snowmageddon #CaWx

And it's still snowing!

This is just an absolute massive snow dump and boggles the mind. That little conifer that @sarae was watching is now very much under the snow. #ForkedMeadow #california and the #DinkeyCreek and #ShaverLake area are absolutely getting hammered. The high #Sierra must be completely burried. It will be interesting to see the snow survey results in a few days. #CaWx

@douglasvb Is that Dogtooth peak in your avatar pic? I crave to return to #dinkeycreek #dinkeylakes at least once more. It is a little piece of perfection. Here’s me (left) with my hiking bud Steve tryin’ to get into dinkey from Courtright Res 40 years ago in June.

@nwshanford_bot wow maybe another foot of snow for #DinkeyCreek #California next week!

@SonOfSandor the China Peak amount tracks with what my dad is telling me about the snow at their place at #ForkedMeadow #California near #DinkeyCreek. China Peak is the closest ski hill to them.

Today's snow has been laying down a really great layer for winter sports enthusiasts! #CaWx

#DinkeyCreek #california is really roaring. Lots of sediment transport heading down to #PineFlatReservoir. This is at the Dinkey Creek bridge not far from the campground.

Here is a video and news story showing the #landslide that just blocked #Highway168 between #Prather and #ShaverLake and has contributed to isolating Shaver Lake, #HuntingtonLake , #ChinaPeak #ChinaPeakSkiResort , #DinkeyCreek , #ForkedMeadow , and others. Thanks, #AtmosphericRiver

https://abc30.com/highway-168-four-lane-rockslide-flooding/12681302/

Looks like #Highway168 from Prather up to #ShaverLake is closed due to a new landslide. Auberry Road is still closed from last week's storms and now it looks like boulders and flooding are closing #TollhouseRoad which means the mountain communities around Shaver Lake and #HuntingtonLake plus China Peak Ski Resort and #DinkeyCreek (and #ForkedMeadow ) are now cut off and isolated. Sounds like the highway 168 situation could be a pretty big slide.

#AtmosphericRiver

The old Pine Logging Camp is in a state of arrested decay near #DinkeyCreek #California but I doubt the teepee burner and buildings will remain standing much longer without more intervention. The #MuseumOfTheSierra did some restoration work back in 2002-2005 and it's only been abandoned since about 1980. But decay moves quickly in the #Sierra on man-made structures. #AbandonedAmerica #PineLoggingCamp #ShaverLake

It's really pretty at #ForkedMeadow #California right now. The current temp is 28f.

Between #ShaverLake and #DinkeyCreek there was ice on the dead branches and brush this morning. I think that means there was freezing rain in that area yesterday or overnight. That's pretty rare for the #Sierra!

#PhotoMonday #MeadowMonday
#FotoMontag

#WeatherObservations

It's really pretty at #ForkedMeadow #California right now. The current temp is 28f.

Between #ShaverLake and #DinkeyCreek there was ice on the dead branches and brush this morning. I think that means there was freezing rain in that area yesterday or overnight. That's pretty rare for the #Sierra!

#PhotoMonday #MeadowMonday
#FotoMontag

#WeatherObservations

@nwshanford_bot woo the #DinkeyCreek station made the list! Based on its location, my parents at nearby #ForkedMeadow must be above 4" of moisture so far.

@geravitywave can't wait for an epic dump! We need every drop we can get.

How much do you think will come down as snow in the #ShaverLake area? My parents live ten miles south near #DinkeyCreek at 6000' elevation. NWS Hanford day shift and night shift, as always, seem to disagree on how much and at what elevation the precipitation will be snow.

Waiting on #snow at #ForkedMeadow #California. The #forecast I looked at last night said up to 2ft of snow could happen in this storm. But these storms can be pretty temperamental in the #Sierra so we could have no snow or many feet of snow. I am guessing #ShaverLake will get a foot, #DinkeyCreek will get two feet, and Forked Meadow will get 2.5 feet. Fingers crossed though for an epic dump of 5 or more feet! #WeatherObservations

Waiting on #snow at #ForkedMeadow #California. The #forecast I looked at last night said up to 2ft of snow could happen in this storm. But these storms can be pretty temperamental in the #Sierra so we could have no snow or many feet of snow. I am guessing #ShaverLake will get a foot, #DinkeyCreek will get two feet, and Forked Meadow will get 2.5 feet. Fingers crossed though for an epic dump of 5 or more feet! #WeatherObservations

I never get sick of #ForkedMeadow #California. Every day is new, different, and interesting. Hour by hour the vibe changes. What's here today won't be tomorrow. But at the same time there's a strong permanence to this place. Even though we're only ten miles from #ShaverLake and about two miles from #DinkeyCreek, it feels (and is) quite remote.

I never get sick of #ForkedMeadow #California. Every day is new, different, and interesting. Hour by hour the vibe changes. What's here today won't be tomorrow. But at the same time there's a strong permanence to this place. Even though we're only ten miles from #ShaverLake and about two miles from #DinkeyCreek, it feels (and is) quite remote.