[pct-l] all time high snowpack reached

[Scott Williams]

I think you're right.  We had tons of snow last year at this time, but we
still had cooler than usual weather all through June and into July, which
kept the runoff lower.  My group saw almost no postholing through the entire
Sierra, but we seemed to live on snow for 5 weeks.  It stayed cold enough to
keep the snow firm.  It was plenty scary at times, but not water over the
bridge above Tuolumne Meadows scary, as has been reported.  These guys this
year are getting the big snow and the warm weather causing more intense
meltoff.

Shroomer

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Ken Murray <kmurray at pol.net> wrote:

> The cool trend of this spring/summer has finally caused the snowpack to
> persist to the extent that in the northern sierra, the snow is the same
> level as the all-time heaviest snowpack on record!
>
> http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/products/PLOT_SWC.2011.pdf
>
> In the southern sierra, it is about the same as last year at this point
> (although I think the run-off in the creeks far exceeds last year.  Can't
> prove this, but the reports of hikers and the objective data from Yosemite
> supports that)
>
> Yikes!
>
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