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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'>Colorado Snotel Data:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'><a href="http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snotel/Colorado/colorado.html">http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snotel/Colorado/colorado.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'>It’s melting fast in the San Juans. Wolf Creek Pass is 44”, down from 80” a month ago. Cumbres Trestle is 22”, down from 68”. Beartown is 23”, down from 63”. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'>best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'>Jerry Brown<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'><a href="mailto:bcss@bresnan.net"><span style='color:blue'>mailto:bcss@bresnan.net</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'><a href="www.bearcreeksurvey.com"><span style='color:blue'>www.bearcreeksurvey.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> cdt-l-bounces@backcountry.net [mailto:cdt-l-bounces@backcountry.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Charlie Thorpe<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 07, 2014 9:10 AM<br><b>To:</b> cdt-l@backcountry.net MailingList<br><b>Subject:</b> [Cdt-l] CDT snowpack data<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hello Jo -<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Interestingly, I ran into a couple from Steamboat when I stopped for the night in Bluff, UT (kinda near four corners). They said that they had great snow in their area (145% above normal) and, as Tony said, it is melting fast. This couple both hike and were planning to hit their area trails well before July (in general, not specifically on the CDT).<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Keep an eye on the snowpack data and you should have a great hike. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Come to think of it, wasn't one of our CDT hikers keeping a website with CDT snow info? Anybody have that URL for Jo?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I am currently down in Quartzite, AZ. No snow <g>.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>- Charlie<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Tony (and Charlie)- thanks for your reposes-- this is very helpful--Murphy’s Law--the high snow would of course be just where I’m going--same as the lightening hitting when I’m on top of the mountain! :-) I’ll check out the websites.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On May 5, 2014, at 2:35 PM, Tony Mason wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>There is still a lot of snow in the Colorado high country but it is melting. The snow pack in the San Juans is 70-80% of normal.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The snow pack in the central and northern mountains of Colorado (and southern Wyoming) is 120-140% of normal. By mid July you should be fine. Check out <a href="http://nohrsc.noaa.gov/nsa">nohrsc.noaa.gov/nsa</a> and <a href="http://wcc.nohrsc.usda.gov/gis/snow.html">wcc.nohrsc.usda.gov/gis/snow.html</a> for daily updates on snow pack through out the west.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 7:45 AM, Josie <<a href="mailto:josie1066@gmail.com" target="_blank">josie1066@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Charlie-- since you were just there, can you tell me about snow levels? We’re planning to walk south from Battle Wyoming (just north of the Colorado Border) to Monarch Pass, and would like to leave on the early side of mid-july if the snow isn’t too high.<br>thanks, Jo<br>_______________________________________________<br>Cdt-l mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Cdt-l@backcountry.net">Cdt-l@backcountry.net</a><br><a href="http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/cdt-l" target="_blank">http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/cdt-l</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><br>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Robert Anthony Mason MD<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Windsor Family Clinic PC<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>4630 Royal Vista 7<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Windsor, CO 80521<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>970-530-0575<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>