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View entire Blizzard 2011 set.
Pictures from around the University of Chicago Campus following the record-breaking storm. This shot is from a campus building in the main quad.
Main Range, Kosciuszko National Park | NSW | Australia
This is Seamans Hut - a real life saver for adventurers in need of a solid shelter.
A couple of weeks ago I spent from Saturday to Saturday - 8 days and 7 nights - camping on the "roof of Australia" with my friend and fellow adventurer Chris, during one of the most bumper ski seasons this country has seen in decades. Words like "snowzilla" and "snowmageddon" have been used to describe it.
It was a surreal experience, being high up on Mount Townsend on the "Western Faces" for over 30 hours as our tents were battered by gale-force gusts that boomed against our tents and reverberated in our ears. I'll never forget the eerie deathly silence between the waves of "attacks". It was just enough time to make me self-aware of my elevated heart beat and sweaty palms, which I raised to my tent walls during these brief moments of quiet for extra bracing as the inevitable assault was launched again by Mother Nature. *boom* *boom* *BOOM*! "You shouldn't be up here", she said in no uncertain terms.
I dragged myself out of the tent on occasion with cold metal snow shovel in hand to dig the excess snow from around my tent (so it wouldn't collapse my tent), and fortify the "wind wall" with whatever hard-pack snow I could find.
Then there was the 4.5 hours of retreat to lower altitudes in complete and nauseating white-out conditions, where I felt the skis go from under me unexpectedly on several occasions. Luckily there was soft fresh snow waiting for me at the bottom of the drop, instead of hard ice.
We eventually made it through avalanche-prone slopes to the safety of Seamans Hut, very relieved yet still in good spirits despite the conditions. We were holed up in the hut for three whole nights as we waited out blizzard conditions outside. On the eve of the third night, the clouds broke up in the afternoon just enough to entice us out of the hut for a shoot, which we were itching for by that stage!
This is truly is a special place, made all the more special by the events leading up to capturing this scene. Enjoy.
The main goal of our adventure was to capture this beautiful mountain range (called Western Faces), that is very rarely shot. Probably due to the extreme winds and challenging terrain.
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Gav described our Western Faces experience perfectly in his post. So I’ll just quote that below and sign out haha.
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Crispy
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“It seems like a dream, yet I know it was real - the photos from the trip don't lie. Last week I spent from Saturday to Saturday - 8 days and 7 nights - camping on the "roof of Australia" with my friend and fellow adventurer Chris, during one of the most bumper ski seasons this country has seen in decades. Words like "snowzilla" and "snowmageddon" have been used to describe it.
It was a surreal experience, being high up on Mount Townsend on the "Western Faces" for over 30 hours as our tents were battered by gale-force gusts that boomed against our tents and reverberated in our ears. I'll never forget the eerie deathly silence between the waves of "attacks". It was just enough time to make me self-aware of my elevated heart beat and sweaty palms, which I raised to my tent walls during these brief moments of quiet for extra bracing as the inevitable assault was launched again by Mother Nature. *boom* *boom* *BOOM*! "You shouldn't be up here", it said in no uncertain terms.
I dragged myself out of the tent on occasion with cold metal snow shovel in hand to dig the excess snow from around my tent (so it wouldn't collapse my tent), and fortify the "wind wall" with whatever hard-pack snow I could find.
Then there was the 4.5 hours of retreat to lower altitudes in complete and nauseating white-out conditions, where I felt the skis go from under me unexpectedly on several occasions. Luckily there was soft fresh snow waiting for me at the bottom of the drop, instead of hard ice.
We eventually made it through avalanche-prone slopes to the safety of Seamans Hut, very relieved yet still in good spirits despite the conditions. We were holed up in the hut for three whole nights as we waited out blizzard conditions outside. On the eve of the third night, the clouds broke up in the afternoon just enough to entice us out of the hut for a shoot, which we were itching for by that stage!”
Early morning photo of the snow that fell during the previous two days here on the farm; this is looking towards my neighbor’s house. The photo was taken from inside my garage since the snow was too deep to go out. I measured the snow on the farm to be between 27 – 32 inches (68.5 – 81.3 cm) not including the wind drift.
In late January 2016, a winter storm prompted multiple states across the Mid-Atlantic United States to declare a state of emergency. Regarding it as a "potentially historic blizzard", meteorologists indicated the storm could produce more than 2 ft (61 cm) of snow across a wide swath of the Mid-Atlantic region and could "paralyze the eastern third of the nation". Approximately 85 million people were estimated to be in the storm's path, with 33 million people under blizzard warnings. More than 13,000 flights were cancelled in relation to the storm, with effects rippling internationally. The storm was given various unofficial names, including Winter Storm Jonas, and Snowzilla.
The blizzard that hit the Washington, DC, metro area has finally moved on, but it left drifts as high as 6 feet in my backyard. This is a shot of my unplowed street. I gave this shot a little sparkle using my star filter in my Lensbaby Composer lens.
The blizzard moved on and the sun returned. Unfortunately, many communities remain buried under feet of snow and without power. Hang in there guys!
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Snowzilla 2016
Suburbs of Central Maryland USA
24 January 2016
iPhone 5