it was fine for me in the first week of june, 2003. you should check the snow levels in different years. I think the san juans are about average (see below) though I dont really know.<br>When I went nobo, I took an axe but not crampons and that worked fine. I only felt like i needed the axe twice.
<br>You can always just go to the telluride bluegrass festival for a few days if it's bad. a lot can change in a few days during that time of year as well.<br><br>for what it's worth, here is a copy of the latest niwot ridge snow report. (much lower snow pack than san juan)
<br><br>***************************************************<br>Niwot Ridge LTER Snow Report for February 28th, 2007<br><br>Greetings! The snowpack at Niwot Ridge (C1) for the end of February
<br>remains above average. State wide, The Front Range snowpack is above<br>average, and the snowpack in the western half of the state is less<br>than average. Across the West, Washington and New Mexico remain the<br>only states with above average SWE.
<br><br>Hand measurements made on February 28th, 2007 show 14.375 inches of<br>Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) for 139% of the 1982-2007 average hand<br>measurements, and a snow depth of 50.75 inches. This is the 4th<br>highest end of February SWE measurement in this record. SNOTEL is
<br>reporting 13.4 inches of SWE for 137% of average.<br><br>The South Platte River Basin is at 111% of average SWE, and 111% of<br>average total accumulated precipitation. State wide the Arkansas River<br>Basin has the highest percent of average SWE; the San Miguel, Dolores,
<br>Animas and San Juan River Basins have the lowest percent of average<br>SWE (115%, 76% respectively). The South Platte River Basin has the<br>highest percent of average total accumulated precipitation; the Yampa<br>and White River Basins also has the lowest percent of average total
<br>accumulated precipitation (111%, 89%).<br><br>Across the West, the end of February looks very similar to the end of<br>January. Washington remains the only state with above average Percent<br>SWE and above average Percent Accumulated Precipitation (116% SWE,
<br>113% Accum Precip). New Mexico is the only other state with above<br>average percent SWE (108%). Nevada and The California Great Basin<br>sites still have the lowest percent of average SWE (64%, 65%). Arizona<br>has the lowest percent of accumulated precipitation followed by the
<br>California Great Basin sites (63%, 71%). The Snowpack Index (SI) is<br>greater than one in Arizona, New Mexico, Washington, the Arkansas<br>River Basin, and the Lower Colorado River Basin, and less than one<br>through out the rest of the Western US.
<br><br>Until next month<br><br>Sno Tel Data Niwot Ridge, C-1<br>Snow Water Content (inches)<br>Values are for the end of given month<br>except as noted for May and June<br><br>Season Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
<br>81/82 4.75 10.5 11.75 15.5 14.9 12 (17th)<br>82/83 3.63 4.75 12.75 17 11.75 (30th)<br>83/84 12.6 13.25 15 18.9 20.75<br>84/85 3.75 6.25 8.5 10.25
8.75<br>85/86 6.5 7.5 14 15.38 17.5<br>86/87 6.25 8.75 11.25 12.75 11.75<br>87/88 6.5 9.1 12.4 15.75 14.5<br>88/89 5.5 7.6 11 10.25 5.6<br>89/90 6.5 9.25
10.75 16.1 16.5<br>90/91 3 5 7.1 9.38 10<br>91/92 6.65 6.75 8.5 12.25 10.25<br>92/93 5.75 6.75 10.75 14 15.875<br>93/94 7.125 9.063 12.25 13.25 13.25
2.5 (18th)<br>94/95 2.625 3.925 7 10.125 16.75 17 (22nd) 12.375(13th) 19.75(30th)<br>95/96 7.5 12 17.5 20.375 18.75 6.125 (15th)<br>96/97 8.75 12.625 15.125 14.625 20.375
18 (15th)<br>97/98 7.0625 10 10.125 12.875 17.25 12.875 (15th)<br>98/99 3.25 6.625 8.375 9.125 14.125 14.25 (15th)<br>99/2000 3.5 7.5 10.625 12.375 7.625<br>00/2001 4.375 5.375
7.125 10 9.125<br>01/2002 2.625 4.25 6.19 7.563 0<br>02/2003 4 5.25 8.5 16.75 14.375 11.44 (15th)<br>03/2004 2.75 4.813 7.75 7.875 10.125 3.69 (14th)<br>04/2005 4.875
7.7 9.5 11.625 12.875 12.25 (15th)<br>05/2006 5.625 8.375 9.5 13.25 6.75 0.875 (15th)<br>06/2007 9.25 11.5 14.375<br><br>Average 5.57 7.99 10.37 12.92 12.99<br><br>**************************************************
<br><br><br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/12/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">
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i've read all i can read, i've poured over the recently arrived CDT handbook(thanks, Yogi, great resource!), and i am looking for final thoughts and opinions about the need for axe and crampons in southern CO....am expecting to arrive in CO sometime in 2nd week of June....
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