ok now the 'new spot per month challenge' obsession is back with a vengeance
because i have chance to get to high country this weekend - that i may not get again this month.
and now based on the real time satellite data - maybe there's a fighting chance of getting up on something around mosquito pass?
can i cross these heavier squares of the snowtel report successfully?
this is becoming like a game of Qbert!!
Early Meltout
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Re: Early Meltout
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Re: Early Meltout
Looks like winter is going to have one last hurrah.
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Re: Early Meltout
Here's the way-too-early question of how this will impact my climbing plans for the first weekend in June. I'm coming from out of state and was going to take some newbies up Bierstadt and either Sherman or part of Decalibron. Any guesses what this will look like in a couple of weeks if we get 2-3 feet of snow this weekend in the high country?
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The short answer is that it depends on what happens with the weather between this weekend and the dates of your intended climb.ClimbingFool wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 9:43 am Here's the way-too-early question of how this will impact my climbing plans for the first weekend in June. I'm coming from out of state and was going to take some newbies up Bierstadt and either Sherman or part of Decalibron. Any guesses what this will look like in a couple of weeks if we get 2-3 feet of snow this weekend in the high country?
Weather forecasts have gotten a lot more accurate 2-3 days out but a couple weeks out is a lot harder to accurately predict.
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Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.ClimbingFool wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 9:43 am Here's the way-too-early question of how this will impact my climbing plans for the first weekend in June. I'm coming from out of state and was going to take some newbies up Bierstadt and either Sherman or part of Decalibron. Any guesses what this will look like in a couple of weeks if we get 2-3 feet of snow this weekend in the high country?
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https://www.aspentimes.com/magazines/as ... henomenon/
"Making sense of the dust on snow phenomenon ...
Most would agree the 2021-22 ski season was a good one. But, unfortunately,
it ended with multiple dust events.
As the spring progresses, the surface dust layer becomes more concentrated.
The darker surface absorbs even more solar radiation,
accelerating the rate of snowmelt."
"Making sense of the dust on snow phenomenon ...
Most would agree the 2021-22 ski season was a good one. But, unfortunately,
it ended with multiple dust events.
As the spring progresses, the surface dust layer becomes more concentrated.
The darker surface absorbs even more solar radiation,
accelerating the rate of snowmelt."
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Re: Early Meltout
Reports are back to the 80s. Go guy. I was on Sniktau and Cupid yesterday on Loveland Pass, and there was nothing... It will melt out again fast. Bring spikesClimbingFool wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 9:43 am Here's the way-too-early question of how this will impact my climbing plans for the first weekend in June. I'm coming from out of state and was going to take some newbies up Bierstadt and either Sherman or part of Decalibron. Any guesses what this will look like in a couple of weeks if we get 2-3 feet of snow this weekend in the high country?
Re: Early Meltout
Snowpack bottoms out in SW Colorado
From the Durango Herald.
Some excerpts:
This year has been a contrast to 2002 and 2018 because snowpack was about average while the other two were poor snow years.
With a drier landscape, wildfires, particularly bigger fires, become more of a risk, making the monsoon season in July and August especially important.
From the Durango Herald.
Some excerpts:
This year has been a contrast to 2002 and 2018 because snowpack was about average while the other two were poor snow years.
With a drier landscape, wildfires, particularly bigger fires, become more of a risk, making the monsoon season in July and August especially important.
Traveling light is the only way to fly.
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