croaters. pm at 7:30 had one stove cold two and 2 others spring empty. struggle, no wind. may 10 In Venezuela grid. Woke at 3:30 a.m.; tent was apparently partially collapsed with snow. At 8 a.m., barely light, there were about 5 inches of sticky snow. Tried the grid at 8:45 and did one row (3), but it was too very difficult to follow the lines because the bamboo are all loaded with snow and bending every which way. Row 3 held. I also dug od 1 also large, also dry. Then back to tent, still snowing lightly. One tree in the 2 trips I found under the snow. Light snow all morning, about 2:30 stopped and a few patches of blue sky + sun so barbecued a churroser and tried the grid again at 3:15. Did row 1 and 2 and had 1 dry, od 1 also large. These and this morning's still alive. The bamboo still looked down with snow, and I couldn't find about 3 of the 16 trips. After Row 1 it began snowing heavily again, so I abandoned the grids. may 11 Tent collapsed twice more during the night from accumulation of snow. Morning grey but not snowing. Started for first vehicle on road, about 8:30, then started to dig a road from camp out to the "highway". There was 12" of snow on the roof of the car. Had gotten as far as the ditch at the side of the road when a truck stopped and 4 guys helped give the last shove. 12:15, meanwhile had begun snowing again. Then about an hour to take down the tent and load the car. Snow quickly diminished down the grade and all went dry Sage Grillers Guilds. Rained the way to Barloche! A few drypuffs came into the tent.