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Eric Hansen Member
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Gil Member
Joined: 29 Sep 2004 Posts: 4063 | TRs | Pics
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Fri Mar 05, 2021 7:53 am
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That is scary.
Friends help the miles go easier.
Klahini
Friends help the miles go easier.
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BeardoMcGrath Member
Joined: 16 Jan 2018 Posts: 143 | TRs | Pics Location: Snohomish |
That NWS map matches pretty well with areas that are above and below average for snowpack this year. Above average in WA, OR, and ID, but below average in CA, NV, UT and CO. A classic La Niņa setup!
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gb Member
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Fri Mar 05, 2021 12:17 pm
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California is supposed to be starting to get some snow beginning next week. Thus far SWE is 50% of normal there.
Although the snowpack is near normal at Mission Ridge, it has been extremely dry a bit farther east; Yakima I think has had less than an inch of rain since the beginning of the year. Quite likely a mediocre flower season in the shrub steppe.
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Eric Hansen Member
Joined: 23 Mar 2015 Posts: 866 | TRs | Pics Location: Wisconsin |
Gil, yep it is scary. I'm starting to see some scientists using the word desertification, rather than drought. I guess drought implies cyclical but what they think they are seeing is not temporary but a long term trend towards greater dryness.
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Mountainfisherman Member
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Yakima has had above average precipitation by about .5 inches in Jan/Feb. Despite recent warm temps still plenty of snow lingering on Umptanum/Manastash/Clemans Mtn. Which bodes well for a decent flower season.
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Eric Hansen Member
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Pyrites Member
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Sun Mar 14, 2021 11:44 pm
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Does this weeks snow affect this?
Keep Calm and Carry On?
Heck No.
Stay Excited and Get Outside!
Keep Calm and Carry On?
Heck No.
Stay Excited and Get Outside!
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Eric Hansen Member
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BeardoMcGrath Member
Joined: 16 Jan 2018 Posts: 143 | TRs | Pics Location: Snohomish |
Bureau of Reclamation is projecting Lake Powell will be below 3550 ft by the end of the 2020-2021 water year, the lowest since 2005. The upshot is that it will be a good time in the next year to visit some of the lower Escalante canyons as the lake recedes.
Water Year Projections
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Eric Hansen Member
Joined: 23 Mar 2015 Posts: 866 | TRs | Pics Location: Wisconsin |
Yeah, Lake Powell is dropping. Back in the late 90's I used to take the tour boat in to Rainbow Bridge from Page, strap tele skis to my pack and go up Navajo Mt. Despite my modest ski skills I thought I should attempt a ski traverse. Couch sized talus (half snow, half talus) on the Northeast Ridge persuaded me to stop, enjoy the ambience, return the way I came in. Canyons were gorgeous, views from the top mesmerizing. Did four ski trips there. Two approaching from land, two from the lake.
November 2019 we were nearby and took the tour boat in. The lake had receded a lot and the dock was farther from the arch. Still an incredible place.
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Sky Hiker Member
Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Posts: 1469 | TRs | Pics Location: outside |
150% of normal snow fall in the Stevens Pass area this year that's pretty encouraging
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Eric Hansen Member
Joined: 23 Mar 2015 Posts: 866 | TRs | Pics Location: Wisconsin |
All good Skywalker. Checking the maps, Washington state seems by far the least impacted, most near normal, most not in drought, state in the West.
I'm not the expert, and got no desire to be an angel of doom. Just passing on information that might be useful for trip planning for much of the West.
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Eric Hansen Member
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Chief Joseph Member
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 7710 | TRs | Pics Location: Verlot-Priest Lake |
Northern Idaho received a lot of rain last May and June so as a result had very few fires and the ones that occured were small and manageable. Could be a way different story this year.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
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