[pct-l] snow at Rainier --- and in North Cascades

[Keith Kurko]

Thanks Robert.

I have been looking at the National Weather Service's Snow Analyses maps
overlaid by Halfmile's tracks, and I am amazed at the amount snow remaining
at the higher elevations in the Glacier Peak Wilderness, particularly  on
north and east slopes. I have been hiking and backpacking in the North
Cascades since 1974, and this is the most snow that I have ever seen still
on the ground at this time of year.  We had a cold spring and a an unusually
cool summer, and we also had a huge snowpack left over from last winter.

Keith 


-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 3:42 PM
To: pct-l
Subject: [pct-l] NYT article on snow at Mt. Rainier

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/us/14snow.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&hp
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