Outhouse: Quail Flat

Outhouse Location: Quail Flat

Lat/Long: 36 43' 18.8649" / -118 54' 33.4522"

Type: Cement, Forest Service

• February 18, 2023 -  Good, but dirty from heavy weekend usage
  

Description:

Quail Flat has a large parking area. During the Summer, it is mostly vacant. But when there is snow area, people flock here to play. 

The outhouse is to the southwest of the main parking area. There is a visitor sign by it.

Clouds-Stratiformis Autocumulous

 

Stratiformis Autocumulous

 

Date:  06/09/24     Time:07:22

Location:  Delilah Lookout

Weather Condition:

 

Weather Indicators:

An extensive sheet or layer of separate or merged elements. This is by far the most frequently occurring species.  From the International Cloud Atlas

Additional Pictures

June 9, 2024 - From Delilah Lookout, overhead

Clouds-Cumulonimbus

 

Cumulonimbus

Date:  06/09/24     Time: 16:49

Location:  From Delilah beyond Patterson Mountain

Weather Condition: Clear overhead. But there were thunder clouds in the High Sierra

Weather Indicators: 

Heavy and dense cloud, with a considerable vertical extent, in the form of a mountain or huge towers. At least part of its upper portion is usually smooth, or fibrous or striated, and nearly always flattened; this part often spreads out in the shape of an anvil or vast plume.

Under the base of this cloud, which is often very dark, there are frequently low ragged clouds either merged with it or not, and precipitation sometimes in the form of virga.
 From the International Cloud Altas

Additional Pictures

June 9, 2024 - From Delilah looking north

Clouds-Cumulus Congestus

 Cumulus Congestus

 Date:  06/07/24     Time: 13:50

Location: From Delilah Lookout looking northeast

Weather Condition:

 

Weather Indicators:  Strongly sprouting Cumulus with generally sharp outlines and often great vertical extent. The bulging upper part of Cumulus congestus frequently resembles a cauliflower. Cumulus congestus may produce precipitation in the form of showers of rain, snow or snow pellets. In the tropics, they often release abundant rain in the form of showers.

Cumulus congestus sometimes resemble narrow, very high towers. The tops of these towers may detach themselves successively from the main body of the cloud. They are then carried away by the wind and usually rapidly disintegrate, occasionally producing virga. From International Cloud Atlas.

Additional Pictures

 

June 7, 2024 - From Delilah looking northeast

 

 

Clouds: Radiatus

 

Radiatus

 Clouds showing broad parallel bands or arranged in parallel bands, which, owing to the effect of perspective, seem to converge towards a point on the horizon or, when the bands cross the whole sky, towards two opposite points on the horizon, called “radiation point(s)”. From the World Meteorological Organization

 These clouds are associated with all cloud types. Indicates uplifting air. If in the higher atmosphere, indicates the presence of a jet stream.

 

Date:  March 21, 2023     Time: 11:19am

Location:  Washington DC, from the Capitol Building facing the Supreme Court

Weather Condition: Mostly clear and sunny

 

Weather Indicators:

Additional Pictures

 

March 21, 2023 - Supreme Court

 

 

Clouds-Cirrus Uncinus

 

Cirrus Uncinus

The name cirrus uncinus is derived from Latin, meaning "curly hooks". Also known as mares' tails, these clouds are generally sparse in the sky and very thin.
The clouds occur at high altitudes, at a temperature of about −50 to −40 °C (−58 to −40 °F). They are generally seen when a warm or occluded front is approaching. They are very high in the troposphere and generally mean that precipitation, usually rain, is approaching. From Wikipedia

 

When its 'fall streaks' are the shape of hooks or commas. The top of each comma is thicker  than the tail, but does not show any clumps or mounds on its upper side. Cloud spotter's Guide

 

Weather Indicators:

 

 

Date:  December 5, 2020     Time:16:54

Location:  Fresno, From my house

Weather Condition:

 Clear most of the day, then these clouds started sailing through. There were clouds for the next couple of days, but no precipitation.

Also 12/5/2020, 16:54

 

JMT Master Planning Document

This is a master document of our John Muir Trail (JMT) Trip for 2016.

• Duran Decision
• PLB/SPOT Messages
•  Zero Days 
• Transportation
• Permits
• GPS and other Electronics
• Misc Stuff

JMT-2016: SPOT Messengers

Dear Friends and Family,

Sherri and Gary are trying to walk most of the John Muir Trail this year--starting Sunday morning, August 7th. Instead of going alone, we will be joining four other friends of ours: Rose, Sonya, Kate and Kim. This year instead of walking all the way to Mt Whitney, Sherri and Gary will be exiting at Roads End, near Cedar Grove in Kings Canyon. The rest of our group will be conquering Whitney.  We anticipate it will take us a little more than three weeks. Some of you have said they would like to follow us. Here's how:

• Each day after we set up camp, we will send out a message through our Personal Locator Beacon (SPOT Messenger or SPOT 2).
• It will appear on a map, which you can see at bit.ly/mapritto1 (if that does not work, try clicking on this link.). The link should be updated each night by about 7 or 8 .
• A map should appear in your browser, when you click it. You will see our locations from the past 5-7 days. Take a look at the map below for an example. By the way, Ritto and Shirley are the names of our two PLB's.

• 

  SPOT Map-Corrected from Original e-mail

  Most messages will say, we are OK. But if you see a “Custom” message or a message with text, we are probably on a day hike, or communicating with our support team.
• If a campsite does not appear for a day or two, do not panic, we may not have been able to transmit. If we are in trouble, we will have set off an alarm for our support crew to help us out.
  
  
  

For those of you who want to know more, here is a little more detail. We own both a SPOT Messenger PLB and a SPOT2. It uses satellite communications to transmit messages and coordinates. There is a limited number of message types which can be sent—see the list below. It's most important function is if we are in a terrible fix, to alert a national rescue center to find us. But its more common use is to let people know where we are and to help them follow us or to coordinate with our support team. Sherri's and Gary's support team consists of Gary's brother and our children. The SPOT Messenger has five buttons, which we mostly use the first one:

• “I am OK”,
• “Custom Messages”-which we use to say we are on a day hike,
• “Help”-to coordinate with our support team,
• “Tracks”-leaves a set of tracks on the map showing where we have been, and
• “SOS”-notifies the national rescue center.

The SPOT2 has those functions and the ability to send limited text messages.

Finally, for those of you who cannot get your fill of us, there is a blog of our summer travels which you might be interested in. They will not be updated with out JMT walk until we get back:

• Gary's Summer Trips Blog:  http://gary-summer.blogspot.com/

JMT-2016: Proposed Itenerary

There are six of us which are on this trip. Two people have permits to do the JMT. Four of us have permits to do a alternative/pseudo JMT route. Possible alternations:

• On the alternative route, we are mulling over changing the trailhead to come in at Silver Lake and go by Agnew, Gem and Waugh Lakes rather than over Parker and Koip Peak Passes. This is the highly probably route we will be taking.
• Another alteration to the route. On August 30th, Gary and Sherri will be leaving the party and returning home. Their route will be down Bubb's Creak to Roads End, near Cedar Grove.
• The other four are examining ways to accelerate getting to Lone Pine. Nothing has been put into concrete yet.

JMT Proper Route
Date	Day	JMT Mile	Mileage	Elevation Gain	Camp Elevation	Camp Spot			Notes	Side Trips		Access Points
08/07/16	0	0.0	0.0	0	7,215	Glacier Point
08/08/16	1	6.0	6.0	1,400	6,174	Little Yosemite Valley				Half Dome
08/09/16	2	15.3	9.3	3,700	9,498	Sunrise/Long Meadow				Clouds Rest
08/10/16	3	24.0	8.7	600	8,615	Tuolumne Meadows				Columbia Finger
									Restock/Night in Lee Vining?
					8,671	Tuoulumne Meadows Wilderness Station
08/11/16	4	34.6	10.6	1,506	10,185	Pond at 10,185'				Donohue Peak
08/12/16	5	41.3	6.7	1,440	10,233	Island Pass			We will meet at Devil's Lakes Trail Jct			Rush Creek
08/13/16	6	52.8	11.5	1,775	9,304	Trinity Lakes						Shadow Lake/Agnew Meadow
08/14/16	7					Zero Day-Mammoth
08/15/16	8	63.7	10.9	1,673	9,514	Deer Creek			We pass through Red's Meadow on this day	Red Cones		Red's Meadow
08/16/16	9	73.6	9.9	2,085	10,344	Virginia Lake						Mammoth Pass, Duck Pass
08/17/16	10	84.1	10.5	1,869	9,016	Pocket Meadow			(Not a good camp spot)			McGee Pass
08/18/16	11	87.8	3.7	121	7,648	Edison Lake						Mono Pass
									Restock at VVR
08/19/16	12	97.8	10.0	2,580	10,010	Bear Creek				Volcanic Knob
08/20/16	13	109.1	11.3	1,120	7,920	John Muir Ranch Area			Meet Lianne and her daughter			Florence Lake
08/21/16	14	120.7	11.6	2,540	9,800	Evolution Valley/Colby Meadows						Piute Pass
08/22/16	15					Zero Day						Piute Pass
08/23/16	16	125.8	5.1	1,186	10,971	Sapphire Lake				Mt Spencer		Piute Pass
08/24/16	17	136.9	11.1	1,058	8,733	Le Conte Ranger Station				Mt Solomon, Black Giant		Bishop Pass
08/25/16	18	147.2	10.3	2,546	10,615	Lower Palisades Lake						Taboose Pass
08/26/16	19	157.5	10.3	1,825	10,564	Bench Lake			Not a good place to sleep-Marjorie is better	Split Mountain		Sawmill Pass
08/27/16	20	167.8	10.3	1,350	8,537	Wood's Creek Bridge						Woods Creek
08/28/16	21	174.6	6.8	2,053	10,544	Rae Lakes			Half a zero day	Painted Lady		Baxter Pass
08/29/16	22	180.9	6.3	1,434	10,510	Kearsarge Lakes			Half a zero day	Painted Lady		Kersarge Pass
08/30/16	23	186.9	6.0	1,092	9,219	Onion Valley Campground			Need to be at Onion Valley by 12:30			Kersarge Pass
									Restock: Mt Williamson Hotel
08/31/16	24	196.9	10.0	2,487	9,945	Upper Virdette meadow				Mt Bago		Bubb's Creek
09/01/16	25	208.1	11.2	3,155	10,890	Tyndale Creek				CalTech Peak		Shepherds Pass
09/02/16	26					Zero Day
09/03/16	27	219.9	11.8	1,875	11,559	Guitar Lake				Tawny Point
09/04/16	28	229.1	9.2	3,336	11,810	Trail Camp			Whitney Day	Wotans Throne
09/05/16	29	235.4	6.3	147	8,333	Whitney Portal
									End of Trail

JMT Alternate Route
Date	Day	Cum Milage	Day Miles	Elevation Gain	Camp Elevation	Camp Spot		Notes	Side Trips		Access Points
	0	0.0	0.0	0	7,214	Glacier Point
08/07/16	1	3.5	3.5	0	6,400	Illouete Creek
08/08/16	2	8.4	4.9	800	6,174	Little Yosemite Valley			Half Dome
08/09/16	3	17.7	9.3	3,700	9,498	Sunrise/Long Meadow			Clouds Rest
08/10/16	4	26.4	8.7	600	8,615	Tuolumne Meadows			Columbia Finger
								Restock/Night in Lee Vining?
					9,700	Mono Pass/ParkPass Trailhead
08/11/16	5	37.4	11.0	2,500	10,627	Alger Lakes			Donohue Peak
08/12/16	6	48.7	11.3	1,160	10,233	Island Pass		We will meet at Devil's Lakes Trail Jct			Rush Creek
08/13/16	7	60.2	11.5	1,775	9,304	Trinity Lakes					Shadow Lake/Agnew Meadow
08/14/16	8
08/15/16	9	71.1	10.9	1,673	9,514	Deer Creek		We pass through Red's Meadow on this day	Red Cones		Red's Meadow
08/16/16	10	81.0	9.9	2,085	10,344	Virginia Lake					Mammoth Pass, Duck Pass
08/17/16	11	91.5	10.5	1,869	9,016	Pocket Meadow		(Not a good camp spot)			McGee Pass
08/18/16	12	95.2	3.7	121	7,648	Edison Lake					Mono Pass
								Restock at VVR
08/19/16	13	105.2	10.0	2,580	10,010	Bear Creek			Volcanic Knob
08/20/16	14	116.5	11.3	1,120	7,920	John Muir Ranch Area		Meet Lianne and her daughter			Florence Lake
08/21/16	15	128.1	11.6	2,540	9,800	Evolution Valley/Colby Meadows					Piute Pass
08/22/16	16										Piute Pass
08/23/16	17	133.2	5.1	1,186	10,971	Sapphire Lake			Mt Spencer		Piute Pass
08/24/16	18	144.3	11.1	1,058	8,733	Le Conte Ranger Station			Mt Solomon, Black Giant		Bishop Pass
08/25/16	19	154.6	10.3	2,546	10,615	Lower Palisades Lake					Taboose Pass
08/26/16	20	164.9	10.3	1,825	10,564	Bench Lake		Not a good place to sleep-Marjorie is better	Split Mountain		Sawmill Pass
08/27/16	21	175.2	10.3	1,350	8,537	Wood's Creek Bridge					Woods Creek
08/28/16	23	182.0	6.8	2,053	10,544	Rae Lakes		Half a zero day	Painted Lady		Baxter Pass
08/29/16	23	188.2	6.2	1,434	10,510	Kearsarge Lakes		Half a zero day	Painted Lady		Kersarge Pass
08/30/16	24	194.2	6.0	1,092	9,219	Onion Valley Campground		Need to be at Onion Valley by 12:30			Kersarge Pass
								Restock: Mt Williamson Hotel
08/31/16	25	204.2	10.0	2,487	9,945	Upper Virdette meadow			Mt Bago		Bubb's Creek
09/01/16	26	215.4	11.2	3,155	10,890	Tyndale Creek			CalTech Peak		Shepherds Pass
09/02/16	27
09/03/16	28	227.2	11.8	1,875	11,559	Guitar Lake			Tawny Point
09/04/16	39	236.4	9.2	3,336	11,810	Trail Camp		Whitney Day	Wotans Throne
09/05/16	30	242.7	6.3	147	8,333	Whitney Portal
								End of Trail

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JMT-2016: Misc Stuff

7/22/2016
1) Inyo National Forest is under fire restrictions, except in the wilderness areas.
2) Also Sierra National Forest has restrictions in place-this affect Edison and Florence Lake areas. Vermillon Campground is exempt from the restriction.
2) When will Dave know if he can pick up Kim and ___ on Sept 5th?
    i) Who will coordinate with Jody to pick up people?
3) We should compensate Lianne and her daughter for the ferry service-it is $25 a piece for a round trip.
4) There is currently a fire above Edison Lake called the Springs Fire. It is 174 acres and 85% contained. Between 40-75 firefighters are in the area and being feed by VVR.

7/15/2016
Just got a notice that Sequoia National Forest is banning all fires-not a concern right now, but other places we go through may be upping their restrictions

1. NO campfires or charcoal fires, are allowed within the Sequoia National Forest and the Giant Sequoia National Monument.
2. Yosemite is banning fires below 6,000'-we are not affected.
3. Again from the Sequoia NF, but probably is applicable to Inyo NF. Stoves and lanterns with shut-off valves that use pressurized gas, liquid fuel, or propane will be allowed if the operator possesses a valid California Campfire Permit.  Forest visitors must clear all flammable material five feet in all directions from their camp stove, have a shovel available, and ensure that a responsible person attends the stove at all times when in use.
4. They also note:While drought-stressed trees create dry fuels for wildfire, they also present a danger of falling unexpectedly. When choosing your campsite remember to look up, down and around. Choose a location away from hazard trees.