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1976/77
2004/05---<br><br>Oct
0"
.5" ----<br><br>Nov
2"
20" ----<br><br>Dec
19"
54" ----<br><br>Jan
23"
30.5" ----<br><br>Feb
35"
14.5" ----<br><br>Mar
112"
? ? ----<br><br>So far I have Snoqualmie with around 120" total for the season. 2 years ago at the end of Feb. we only had 104" total, but we had no pinapple expresses that winter so all the snow we received stuck around. <br>It was that dang warm wind from the south that has really done the damage to us this year. Just hope for a big March like the 1977 winter.<br><br>
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I dont want to get in a big thing about global warming. But check out the link for a presentation on some research at the UW. They are predicting a 40% reduction in aerial extent of snowpack in the Cascades by 2020. 2020! And 80% by 2050. Not less precip, just warmer temps-more rain-less snow. Also having serious impacts on streamflow patterns, reservoir storage. All the while, population is projected to double in that time.
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<br><br> www.google.com <br><br>....but impressively erudite nonetheless."All human wisdom is contained in these words: Wait and hope!"<br><br>Whose quote, anyone?
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<br><br>Google is aid?Well that's cheating, Mark: akin to snowmaking or going to Tahoe.
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<br><br>What you saw of the local backcountry is, of course, a tiny fraction of what's easily available. It's true that much of what can be reached in 15 minutes' walk from the lifts is crowded and tracked out...but that wasn't where you really wanted to spend your time anyway, was it? We skied wonderful snow in a truly spectacular spot (which happens to be featured in the usual skier's guidebook) just out of sight, and there was enough untracked powder to last another three snow-free weeks. Friends headed off in the other direction and reported that, while the powder was wind-hammered, they exhausted themselves skiing almost-corned wet slop on SE exposures: again, a spectacularly scenic spot which has been widely written about. What was our problem again? <br><br>I feel the same sort of frustration at our limited snowpack as others. However, I've had a fine season so far, with lots of high-quality skiing in a variety of locations, and I have no intention of sitting at home complaining just because the weather isn't behaving precisely as I wish it would. Like you, I enjoy exploring different routes and destinations, but I also greatly value smaller-scale exploration: taking a right-hand line rather than the left-hander I took last time through; cutting around the other side of a peaklet; following a riverbed where previously I stayed high on its banks. Enjoying terrain at a relatively local scale helps keep me gleeful within a smaller geographical area than might otherwise be possible.<br><br>It's also the case that there is a lifetime of skiing available in the North Cascades right now....for anyone willing to spend a couple of hours hiking to it. To some extent, what we're complaining about it the lack of good snowpack within easy reach of our favorite parking lots. This is all good and well (and again, I've done my share of complaining), but I think we do well to keep things in reasonable perspective. Even with washed out bridges and closed gates, I could easily describe eight or ten distinctly different day tours off the Mt. Baker Highway right now, each with its own special terrain, views, and routefinding adventures. Some of them require significant effort, and most are not quite as convenient as they would be in a "normal" winter. <br><br>Note that if I relied in any appreciable measure on ski areas for my winter pleasure, I'd be profoundly depressed right now.<br><br>enjoy,<br><br>MarkI was not that impressed with what I saw of the so-called Baker bc (or maybe better termed front country)..... I guess what I am trying to say is that this season is severely restricting a sort of freedom to roam that I am sure that most who do this type of skiing understand.
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