[pct-l] trail conditions

[Slow Comfort]

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On 1/9/07, William Skaggs <weskaggs at primate.ucdavis.edu> wrote:
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> An early overview of snow conditions, for anyone who might be interested:
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> Snow levels in the high Sierra are at about 50% of normal for this time
> of year, and the next couple of weeks are looking dryish.  With a mild
> El Nino and the storm track currently shifted northward, the chances are
> pretty high that levels will still be low by April 1, when maximum snow
> depth typically comes.  (The bulk of snowfall is usually in Jan-March.)
> The caveat, of course, is that 2-3 strong storm systems could make a
> big difference.  Even so, things are unlikely to be anything like the
> last couple of years (150% of normal last year, over 200% the year
> before).
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> Southern California is also below normal.  Northern California is pretty
> close to normal.  The North Cascades, as I understand it, are way above
> normal.  So, it looks tentatively like a good year for getting an early
> start going northbound, and a bad year for going southbound.
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> -- Bill
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