[pct-l] Snow Report

[Dennis Phelan]

For what's it worth; Oregon and Washington are at their averages for this
time of year.

Dennis
On Jan 29, 2012 11:30 AM, "Scott Williams" <baidarker at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm trail angeling for 27 Americorps volunteers this weekend in Norhtstar,
> just south of Truckee and drove over Donner Pass and the PCT yesterday.
> Wow, if things keep up like this, it may be a great year for an early entry
> into the High Sierra as I have never seen so little snow this late in
> January.  One to three feet at the pass and four inches in Truckee Meadow
> right now.  We're organizing a hike as it will be so easy in these
> conditions.  Bad for us skiers, but it portends a great hiking season for
> the Sierra.
>
> This could all change with one big dump, and they do happen as they did
> last year, but there is no big preexisting pack to build upon.  What's out
> there now could be gone in just a few days of warm spring weather.  Don't
> count on no snow, and if you can, hook in with Ned's snow courses, as a
> cold spring like we had in 2010 gave us lots of snow to deal with, as the
> average year just never melted out.  But it is hard to imagine even an
> average year happening this year with the lack of rain CA has had, and boy
> do we need it.
>
> Forecast for the next week is continued gorgeous.  No big dumps on the
> horizon.  We may get a dusting in a day or two, but the next chance of real
> weather isn't until mid February according to my Northstar weather guru
> at:  http://northstarsnow.blogspot.com/  This guy is better at the long
> range forecast for the Central Sierra than any of the usual sources, and
> his discussions are fascinating sometimes.
>
> Shroomer
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