Ice House Observation Plateau 1

There are actually two parts to ihop the first is on that big loop in the linked map and the second is a little.

Ice house observation plateau 1. September 11 2010 at ihop new moon weekend at ihop ice house observation plateau at the sierras. Continuing along the loop from the top of the zig zag track the trail crosses the alpine plateau along the south wellington track. Cmc s numerical weather forecasts are unique because they are specifically designed for astronomers. It turned out to be a very nice evening on saturday at the tac sac site dubbed ihop ice house observation plateau located about 25 miles east of placerville into the sierras off ice house road.

Checked out observation platform. It s a prediction of when ice house observation plateau ca will have good weather for astronomical observing. Observing in june on the modoc plateau part iii steve gottlieb. Also try ihop2 which is less than 1 mile away.

For 500 meters the trail meanders through brilliant dolerite boulder fields before descending onto the ice house track. 12 coe was a winner. The data comes from a forecast model developed by allan rahill of the canadian meteorological centre. 15 observing in june on the modoc plateau part i.

A large number of dead conifers. Star hill inn 4 14 07 steve gottlieb. Here a short detour to smiths monument can be taken to the right. Further up highway 50 is a place called ice house observation plateau which is just a spot on the side of ice house road used by amateur astronomers.

Big creek ranger station. Checking out this famous at stop. This site is at 5100 feet and about 1 5 hours east of sacramento and 30 minutes west of lake tahoe. Ice house observation plateau 1 ihop1 is a large open space in el dorado national forest a little more than an hour outside of sacramento ca.

Planned hike out point. 16 observing in june on the modoc plateau part ii steve gottlieb. There was an impressive collection of larger scopes two 18 inch starmasters mine and randy muller dennis beckley s 18 inch obsession two. I haven t been there yet but according to light pollution maps it is dark.

Head north on ice house rd a short ways turn left on peavine ridge rd and look for a clearing on the left. Ice house observation plateau ihop4 steve gottlieb. Every site page has links to directions weather forecasts and even satellite predictions. But they have 763 forecast maps.

The skies were average at nelm 6 5 6 8. Hiked to this spot. Click the site name to open the page with more information.