Optimistic for Utah. The next month often has plenty of warm weather and melting but the current conditions are phenomenal. Will be watching the snowpack and water equivalence closely.
In idaho I'm getting hammered with the white even at low elevation. I'm 2200 and have 3 feet of snow. The ski hill has pow every day it seems. I think we have 3x the snow right now than last year. It have been rain or snowing for 3 months straight now. I have a feeling the Boundary put in on MFS wont open until July! It could rain until June. Just a gut feeling, but I think cancellations due to low water in Idaho will be slim this year.
We have a ton of snow in the Bitterroot Valley too. But last year we started with a lot and then it all went away in january. I am optimistic that this isn't going to happen, but there is still time for the January thaw. It is mind boggling that the Lochsa and selway drainage aren't even at 90%.
Picked a hell of a year to make an offer on our first house and rebudget according to that new lifestyle. Rivers could be rising the year we have no travel budget.
January thaw isnt happening the same way as usual in Southern Utah. Mountains still gaining snow while lower elevations getting days of rain, drizzle and sleet. No snow left but we are gaining tons of precip.
Plowing Colorado Highway 9 Hoosier Pass has been fun this season. I don't remember seeing a dust layer in the snow yet. Hope it stays that way and run off can sustain a long season.
Nice Olin/Salomon combo, I had many miles on that set up several decades ago!
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