Snow this Winter in the West
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pw
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Re: Snow this Winter in the West
If it takes roughly an inch of water to make a foot of snow, that would mean somewhere in the neighborhood of 70 inches of liquid precipitation this winter, and probably most of that is still sitting on the ground. Lots of runoff coming up.
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CaptainSuburbia
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Re: Snow this Winter in the West
That's crazy! I couldn't even imagine how good the skiing was this year. The year I worked and lived at Alta they only got 400 inches and i was skiing amazing powder all winter.
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Re: Snow this Winter in the West
I don't think it matters what base Alta has, if it's all isothermal slush. Today, good snow was above 11,500 ft, and that's with a bomber freeze. Everything below was mank at midday. Resort skiing is just too low to keep it a viable destination, you have to go higher.
Re: Snow this Winter in the West
I spent the week of 4/12 at Park City and conditions were pretty good in the morning although it got hot and sticky in the afternoon. I shared a chair with some guys from Toronto that said Alta had canceled their reservations that week due to avy danger/little cottonwood canyon road closure.
Palisades Tahoe is expected to stay open until July 4th so I’ll probably stop by when I do my annual visit home to California. Wondering how much snow there’ll still be in the Eastern Sierra. Matt Randall just skied Middle Pal and Split and it looked so dreamy.
Palisades Tahoe is expected to stay open until July 4th so I’ll probably stop by when I do my annual visit home to California. Wondering how much snow there’ll still be in the Eastern Sierra. Matt Randall just skied Middle Pal and Split and it looked so dreamy.
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Re: Snow this Winter in the West
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Re: Snow this Winter in the West
I was just about to post that. 
In other years they stopped recording when the resort closed, but this year they are still recording.
They have a 192" base with 903 inches so far this season!
In other years they stopped recording when the resort closed, but this year they are still recording.They have a 192" base with 903 inches so far this season!
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Re: Snow this Winter in the West
It's not quite as gaudy of an overall total, but as far as ratios, Sundance UT (464") had 4x snow this year and more than the previous 3 years combined (126+139+113 = 378").
Re: Snow this Winter in the West
Actually, the recording timeframe the resort always uses is same as the NOAA Collins Study Plot, which is October through April, not when the resort closes.
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Re: Snow this Winter in the West
Yes, you are correct. I guess I knew that, but was having a senior moment or something.
Too bad they don't include May snow as May can be a big snow month at times.
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