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Headed into the Wind Rivers last month and had to pick between the Titcomb Basin loop or the Cirque of the Towers approach.
Went with Titcomb and got caught in a surprise hailstorm above 11,000 feet that turned the trail into a slick mess. Anyone have a good weather app they trust for the Rockies?
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ericw935d ago
My buddy Mark got caught in a similar mess on the CDT near Rawlins last July. He was using Mountain Forecast but it totally missed a microburst that rolled in around 2 PM. His tent poles snapped from the wind. Now he swears by checking the National Weather Service discussion page, the one with all the technical talk, the night before any trip.
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grantw415d ago
Honestly, I've stopped trusting any single app up there. The real trick is checking the NOAA point forecast for your exact basin the night before, then looking at the sky all morning.
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scott.olivia5d ago
Mountain weather is just a different beast up there. I always check the NOAA hourly forecast for the closest town, then add 20 degrees colder and way more wind. The sky never lies though, if those afternoon clouds start building early, you turn around.
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