Post by Admin on Dec 31, 2016 13:08:17 GMT -7
High South Snow and Road Condition Report - Dec 31, 2016
The wind has picked up and drifts are rapidly forming. At 12:30 PM the temperature in High South Glastonbury is 20 degrees and it is bright and sunny. 4 inches of fresh powder snow fell yesterday afternoon and evening.
I went to the Post Office at 9 AM. Small drifts, 1-6 inches deep, were forming on Sagittarius Skyway and Hercules. I saw Myron Moorman plowing upper Hercules. Walter Wunsch gave the week off to his employees and has not plowed since they left.
The drifting was more severe on Dry Creek road especially the areas lacking snow fence protection. Route 89 was covered with packed snow and had many icy patches. I came back and in less than an hour small drifts had grown to medium sized drifts. Some drifts that covered Dry Creek road were 6 to 12 inches deep. On Hercules the drifts were more numerous, deeper and longer then when I went to the Post Office. The canyon down from Dennis Riley's home was starting to close. Some sections of upper Hercules were down to 1 1/2 lanes from two lanes. Sagittarius Skyway was not plowed and 12 inch drifts stretched across the road.
Upper Sagittarius Skyway has not been plowed in over a week and the drifts have gotten enormous. On Friday afternoon I saw one that was 3-4 feet tall, 6 feet wide and stretched completely across the road. The snow was packed so hard by the wind that I could walk on top of it. Both the Kelly and Ericson properties were completely cutoff from the road network. Both parties were planning on spending a quiet New Year's weekend at their mountain homes.
I drove up to the road blocking drift on upper Sagittarius Skyway and saw Jim Kelley using his skid steer to clear the road. He had been working since the day before and still had more to do. The road was impassable except by foot.
Bitter cold, sub-zero temperatures and strong winds are predicted for the rest of the weekend.
I-90 from Livingston to Columbus has been closed.
Please leave comments below.
I went to the Post Office at 9 AM. Small drifts, 1-6 inches deep, were forming on Sagittarius Skyway and Hercules. I saw Myron Moorman plowing upper Hercules. Walter Wunsch gave the week off to his employees and has not plowed since they left.
The drifting was more severe on Dry Creek road especially the areas lacking snow fence protection. Route 89 was covered with packed snow and had many icy patches. I came back and in less than an hour small drifts had grown to medium sized drifts. Some drifts that covered Dry Creek road were 6 to 12 inches deep. On Hercules the drifts were more numerous, deeper and longer then when I went to the Post Office. The canyon down from Dennis Riley's home was starting to close. Some sections of upper Hercules were down to 1 1/2 lanes from two lanes. Sagittarius Skyway was not plowed and 12 inch drifts stretched across the road.
Upper Sagittarius Skyway has not been plowed in over a week and the drifts have gotten enormous. On Friday afternoon I saw one that was 3-4 feet tall, 6 feet wide and stretched completely across the road. The snow was packed so hard by the wind that I could walk on top of it. Both the Kelly and Ericson properties were completely cutoff from the road network. Both parties were planning on spending a quiet New Year's weekend at their mountain homes.
I drove up to the road blocking drift on upper Sagittarius Skyway and saw Jim Kelley using his skid steer to clear the road. He had been working since the day before and still had more to do. The road was impassable except by foot.
Bitter cold, sub-zero temperatures and strong winds are predicted for the rest of the weekend.
I-90 from Livingston to Columbus has been closed.
Please leave comments below.
