Re: 2019's Big Winter: What's better during a big snow year?
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2019 9:55 pm
One answer is simply to take a look at 2017 and see what worked and when it worked.
While conditions will vary a lot depending on location, and while the summer could be warmer or cooler and thus affect the speed of the melt differently than in 2017, overall the April 1 Sierra snowpack compares:
2017 159% normal
2019 161% normal
That is very, very close. Reading trip reports from 2017 will give you an excellent idea of what will be good and when.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/04/02/ ... of-normal/
While conditions will vary a lot depending on location, and while the summer could be warmer or cooler and thus affect the speed of the melt differently than in 2017, overall the April 1 Sierra snowpack compares:
2017 159% normal
2019 161% normal
That is very, very close. Reading trip reports from 2017 will give you an excellent idea of what will be good and when.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/04/02/ ... of-normal/