Sunday, March 29, 2009

Water Story

Numerically speaking, as of yesterday the three snow telemetry sites in the Olympics—Waterhole, Dungeness & Buckinghorse — taken together indicate a snowpack 64% of normal, and total precipitation 81% of normal. (Graphical.) Not so much snow to melt = rivers dropping earlier, and earlier access to the high country. When will the Park open the road to Obstruction Point? Might one get out on Lillian Ridge as early as June??? What will the marmots think of that?

The Snotel on Hurricane Ridge (Click for larger image.)

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