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Kashapiwi weather station???

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Date/Time: 06/01/2024 09:34AM

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Kashapiwi weather station???

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portagedog09	08/03/2023 04:31PM Yup, still there. I saw it two weeks ago while paddling up Kahsh. I did a bushwack up to the tower about five years ago. I say bushwack because the old trail that led up there is no longer recognizable/overgrown from lack of use. It's a full station with a galvanized, practically armored shed, huge solar panels on ground level, lots of cables from the shed to the top of the tower. Impressive. The wooden helo pad was there still, making maintenance trips much easier/quicker and is probably how they hauled in all the new gear. @ Stumpy - They used to keep the bottom portion of the ladder in the old shed....I would not risk a climb these days - probably web cams around there watching any curious visitors. Besides, the platform at the top is long gone. pd
tumblehome	07/18/2023 06:55AM That’s pretty cool!
QPassage	07/16/2023 06:59AM Stumpy: "I think the tower is still there, and the weather station is on top now. But I have not visited it in several years. I climbed the tower a few times. There was a lookout hut on top with a trap door when I did it in the 1970s. 100 ladder white knuckle rungs. Last time I climbed it, I had to shimmy up two levels of cross beams to reach the ladder." from my 2002 trip
gravelroad	07/09/2023 06:50PM campnfish: "gravelroad: "This caught my eye this evening on a NOAA/NWS site. Anybody know anything about this? " This is pretty cool, i wonder if my inreach was pulling from this weather station." Could be handy for some occasions!
Stumpy	07/06/2023 11:22PM I think the tower is still there, and the weather station is on top now. But I have not visited it in several years. I climbed the tower a few times. There was a lookout hut on top with a trap door when I did it in the 1970s. 100 ladder white knuckle rungs. Last time I climbed it, I had to shimmy up two levels of cross beams to reach the ladder.
tumblehome	07/06/2023 01:04PM campnfish: "tumblehome: "There used to be a tower there but it’s gone. Probably some small clearing back there now with a solar panel on it. I found that a few years back during a cold spell and imagined what it must be like there on a January day at -35’." The tower was their last fall. " I looked for it last time I paddled down the lake and didn’t see it. I was probably too close to shore. Tom
campnfish	07/06/2023 01:01PM gravelroad: "This caught my eye this evening on a NOAA/NWS site. Anybody know anything about this? " This is pretty cool, i wonder if my inreach was pulling from this weather station.
campnfish	07/06/2023 12:53PM tumblehome: "There used to be a tower there but it’s gone. Probably some small clearing back there now with a solar panel on it. I found that a few years back during a cold spell and imagined what it must be like there on a January day at -35’." The tower was their last fall.
tumblehome	07/06/2023 09:39AM There used to be a tower there but it’s gone. Probably some small clearing back there now with a solar panel on it. I found that a few years back during a cold spell and imagined what it must be like there on a January day at -35’.
sns	07/06/2023 07:11AM Looks like it's right at the Fire Tower location
Gaidin53	07/05/2023 08:48PM It’s pretty close to where the ranger cabin is or was on Kahsahpiwi. I suppose the clearing might have been in place already which made it easier to out in a weather station. Ryan
gravelroad	07/05/2023 07:54PM This caught my eye this evening on a NOAA/NWS site. Anybody know anything about this?