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“Check out our group of smelly hippy three pinners: 1995 Mt Lassen.” – Dan (one of the guys in the photos)
This photo was taken on June 1st, 1995 at Mt. Lassen, California. ย Mt. Lassen is a stratovolcano in Northern California that is known for its copious winter snowfall. ย 1995 was simply insane at Mt. Lassen.
“Can’t believe that little plow scrapped away that drift just so we could ski in June.” – Dan (one of the guys in the photos)
1995 was an interesting year on Earth. ย ’95 was a La Nina year (legendary for big snowfall winters) and was the 6th warmest year on record on Earth (and the #1 warmest ever at the time). ย Clearly, it was a big snow year at Mt. Lassen, CA.
Mt. Lassen, CA by the Numbers:
- 10,463-feet summit elevation
- The road through Lassen Volcanicย Park didn’t open in 1995 until July 21st, the latest opening on record
- Mt. Lassen is a volcano in the Cascade range that extends form Northern California to Washington state
- Lassen has been recorded to have 1,000 inch winter snowfall totals
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- 1995 might have been one of those years… ย
- Mt. Lassen last erupted in 1915
Special thanks to Dan for sending this into us for publication. ย This is the deepest snow photo we’ve ever seen from North America. ย The only place that rivals this is Japan, and even then, it’s close. ย Lassen might even win…
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Mmmmm…the year Mammoth was spinning lifts into August.
Squaw had Shirley open on weekends through July.
What they don’t tell you is those guys are only 4 feet tall.
We are hoping for another winter like 1995.