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Death Valley Density Altitude

Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 4:09 am
by robert hode
Going to Death Valley today to get some snow skiing in.
If I can't find any good powder I will do a test at Bad Water ( el. minus 280 Ft.) and see what the DA is in case the club ever want's to hold a match there.
Estimated high temp. today is supposed to be about 130F. The worlds official hottest recorded temp. ever is 134F (at Death Valley).

Nothing was going on today, so I figured, what the hell, check out what really hot feels like.

Re: Death Valley Density Altitude

Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 4:46 am
by AR15barrels
I pretty sure all the snow will be melted when it gets over 120 degrees.

Re: Death Valley Density Altitude

Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 5:00 am
by 264Charlie
No they cost it with reflective paint in Death Valley. Snow last all year that way.


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Re: Death Valley Density Altitude

Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 5:14 am
by robert hode
AR15barrels wrote:I pretty sure all the snow will be melted when it gets over 120 degrees.
Shit...no snow? I better just take my wind surfer, I heard they have some dry lake or somthin you don't get to wet in. :)

Re: Death Valley Density Altitude

Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 6:00 am
by Downrange67
Don't forget a jacket!

Re: Death Valley Density Altitude

Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 10:41 pm
by hk dave
You're allowed to shoot in Death Valley?! Where?

Re: Death Valley Density Altitude

Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 9:08 am
by robert hode
Can't shoot in Death Valley. It's a national park.
No gun but I had my Kestral with me that day.
I can't remember the exact numbers, but the DA was around 3400.
-280 Ft. el., 130 F, can't remember the pressure.
After 4 hours walking around it started to feel a bit warm, so I spent the rest of the day in the bar drinking margaritas. The air-conditioning in my room was broken.
At 1 a.m it cooled off to 114 F out side.

Re: Death Valley Density Altitude

Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 11:07 am
by Gnzrme
I look at this and ask myself why I live in the desert

Re: Death Valley Density Altitude

Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 11:22 am
by Stoopy
Gnzrme wrote:I look at this and ask myself why I live in the desert
When did you move to the desert?

Re: Death Valley Density Altitude

Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 5:09 pm
by Gnzrme
I consider Canyon County the start of the desert....

Re: Death Valley Density Altitude

Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 9:32 pm
by Stoopy
If it's below Cajon pass it's not desert.