Mt. Humphrey snow cover?

azhiker96 · Post by **azhiker96** » Dec 02 2002 8:35 pm

Has anyone been to Flag lately? How much snow is on Humphrey? I'd like to hit it up before it gets too deep.

Sredfield · Post by **Sredfield** » Dec 03 2002 7:09 am

Drove home from the Canyon Sunday PM. Humphreys has a nice covering of snow down quite aways. Sorry I can't give you elevation, but its quite a bit. Weather report said snow level was 8500, that might be about right.

azhiker96 · Post by **azhiker96** » Dec 03 2002 11:31 am

Thanks! I am planning on heading up there to see how deep it gets.

scottmackey · Post by **scottmackey** » Dec 03 2002 2:48 pm

I'm contemplating on whether I should do Humphrey's this weekend. I was going to go backpacking in the Huachuca's but my hiking partner came down with pneumonia, what a wuss!!!

Sredfield · Post by **Sredfield** » Dec 03 2002 7:56 pm

From what I saw Sunday, doing Humphreys now might be a real adventure. I'd get a local report on current snow conditons, you might be slipping and sliding over the rocks the last stretch to the summit.

azhiker96 · Post by **azhiker96** » Dec 03 2002 8:35 pm

Sound advice! I checked Snowbowl's website and they show 8" at 10,800'. I'll give the 'ol ranger man a call tomorrow to see what he says. The forcast says they could get snow on Saturday. That could make this quite an adventure. If the storm kicks up quite a bit I'll have to bag this one 'til the spring thaw.

scottmackey · Post by **scottmackey** » Dec 04 2002 2:41 pm

azhiker- if you don't mind posting what you hear from the ranger I'd greatly appreciate it!

azhiker96 · Post by **azhiker96** » Dec 04 2002 4:13 pm

I've called twice today. Both times the "trail ranger" was out of the office. The folks in the office said they had icy conditions on the trail but thought they'd received a couple of inches of snow yesterday. There's about 8 inches at 10,800 and about a foot at the summit. They recommended crampons and said they'd call me back when the trail ranger returned. I'll post that when/if I hear back from him. My bigger concern is the weather we may have on Saturday. If it's light flurries then I am still game for the trail. If it looks like blizzard conditions then I'll hit a coffee shop or brewpub.