Out of curiosity, I wanted to find the weather station/SNOTEL site that currently has the deepest snowpack.
Resources:
- NOAA National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center
- NRCS National Water & Climate Center
- California DWR
So far the best I've come up with is Leavitt Lake, at 9600' a few miles south of Sonora Pass in the Sierra Nevada: 252 inches, or 21 feet!
Snow depth: 252"
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Snow depth: 252"
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Re: Snow depth: 252"
wow!, that would bury my house, will take a while to melt off, probably a late hiking season this year
Re: Snow depth: 252"
PCT hikers, take notice. Maybe it's a good year to start at the Canadian border?
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Re: Snow depth: 252"
I gathered some more data from that same sensor:
(I tossed in 2005 because until now, it was the deepest year since 2004.)
In the lowest years, this site was melted out by the first week of June. In 2005 and 2011, it wasn't clear until the beginning of August. This year, who knows: mid-August?
I was thinking of climbing Mt. Whitney this summer. Maybe I ought to wait on that....
(I tossed in 2005 because until now, it was the deepest year since 2004.)
In the lowest years, this site was melted out by the first week of June. In 2005 and 2011, it wasn't clear until the beginning of August. This year, who knows: mid-August?
I was thinking of climbing Mt. Whitney this summer. Maybe I ought to wait on that....
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Re: Snow depth: 252"
More data, from NRCS/NWCC:
Note that in the mountains of Washington, it's been a perfectly average year. In Oregon, a LITTLE above average, but nothing to write home about. It's only California that's getting slammed.
Note that in the mountains of Washington, it's been a perfectly average year. In Oregon, a LITTLE above average, but nothing to write home about. It's only California that's getting slammed.