Snow in June?

[Dr. NO]

Have to find a link, but friend in Torrington, Wyoming reported snow the last few days, mostly up the Rocky Mountains. Nearly a foot in Utah.

So, am I the only one that noticed this?

[jimmywilson69]

no I noticed A-Basin had a solid 10" of course 2 days after they closed...

[brownman]

.. as the Good Dr knows, but may have forgotten, it can snow in Wyoming any month of the year
Not all Tetons are Grand

[ANGUS]

I still have a plow and sander on one rig. Skis are still next to the front door.

[Jonathan S.]

My brother in Lake Tahoe (Soda Springs) got 2" right at their house.

A friend in Boise (grew up in Mendon) nordic skied on 6" with his family at Bogus Basin.

And Mount Adams in WA is getting a major refresh just in time for my late-June ski trip ... which of course I'm cancelling (unless I can borrow someone's private jet?) ... but here's probably exactly what it would look like this June, based on June of four years ago:

[Dr. NO]

My nephew and his wife moved to soda springs. Some great pics of heavy snow storms stacking 5 or 6 feet on the cars. He loves it, wife is getting tired of the snow.

[Jonathan S.]

My nephew and his wife moved to soda springs. Some great pics of heavy snow storms stacking 5 or 6 feet on the cars. He loves it, wife is getting tired of the snow.

Yes, some of those pics are crazy -- I never thought it was possible to have too much snow, but ... at one point this spring they couldn't go skiing (whether skinning or xc) b/c the trailbreaking would have been up to their shoulders (and far above the heads of their three little kids ... and they sent me a pic of their backyard play structure, with only the very top of the central spire just barely visible!

[buckethead]

^^^ another winning image. that's a lot of summer snow!

and as for too much snow : 2007 on the east was a good example. all of those 2-3' holiday storms created terrain traps all over mad river glen. to fall was to often spend 10-15mins extricating oneself from quicksand-like bottomless snow.

[Guy in Shorts]

as for too much snow : 2007 on the east was a good example. all of those 2-3' holiday storms created terrain traps all over mad river glen. to fall was to often spend 10-15mins extricating oneself from quicksand-like bottomless snow.

That is some of Mad River "Punchy Rotten Snow".

[DES]

as for too much snow : 2007 on the east was a good example. all of those 2-3' holiday storms created terrain traps all over mad river glen. to fall was to often spend 10-15mins extricating oneself from quicksand-like bottomless snow.

That is some of Mad River "Punchy Rotten Snow".

I don't think MRG uses "rotten" as a description in their snow reporting ever...I laugh when I've checked the website for conditions report and it will say Primary: Thin cover on hardpack, Secondary: Moss and dirt, and then the actual report will be for a great day!

[Guy in Shorts]

as for too much snow : 2007 on the east was a good example. all of those 2-3' holiday storms created terrain traps all over mad river glen. to fall was to often spend 10-15mins extricating oneself from quicksand-like bottomless snow.

That is some of Mad River "Punchy Rotten Snow".

I don't think MRG uses "rotten" as a description in their snow reporting ever...I laugh when I've checked the website for conditions report and it will say Primary: Thin cover on hardpack, Secondary: Moss and dirt, and then the actual report will be for a great day!

Took a picture of this sign on the top of the double back in Feb25, 2017. They most certainly use the terms Punchy and Rotten to describe snow conditions at MRG. Lack of groomer compacting the snow surfaces.

[DES]

as for too much snow : 2007 on the east was a good example. all of those 2-3' holiday storms created terrain traps all over mad river glen. to fall was to often spend 10-15mins extricating oneself from quicksand-like bottomless snow.

That is some of Mad River "Punchy Rotten Snow".

I don't think MRG uses "rotten" as a description in their snow reporting ever...I laugh when I've checked the website for conditions report and it will say Primary: Thin cover on hardpack, Secondary: Moss and dirt, and then the actual report will be for a great day!

Took a picture of this sign on the top of the double back in Feb25, 2017. They most certainly use the terms Punchy and Rotten to describe snow conditions at MRG. Lack of groomer compacting the snow surfaces.

I stand corrected! I should have written "as a NEGATIVE description" (but you know me, I wasn't saying what I wrote in a negative way...I'd ski any kind of surface if there's lift access)

[buckethead]

^^ in fact i'd never heard of rotten snow til i started skiing mad and reading the daily snow reports.

GIS: as for punchiness, not the case. it was a case of bottomless unconsolidated pow. as i recall president's week, valentine's. st patty's each dumped 2-3 feet without any warming in between. it was fall and sink and swim. got my first taste of treewell's too. i could extend my poles to the limit and still have no bottom to push off.

+1 DES on any conditions. save bulletproof death-slide ice, filling-loosening moonscape. i will ski in the r*in. ;0]

[Jonathan S.]

[...]and as for too much snow : 2007 on the east was a good example. all of those 2-3' holiday storms created terrain traps all over mad river glen. to fall was to often spend 10-15mins extricating oneself from quicksand-like bottomless snow.

Here's a sequence (late-February near Mt Hood) I use for teaching about NARSID -- "Non-Avalanche Related Snow Immersion Death" -- in my avalanche safety classes.
(It's somewhat misleading though, as I was able to self-extricate since I fell in straight up, and I was on the ascent so I could skin out ... while my touring partner just laughed and took pictures.)

[Captain Hafski]

as for too much snow : 2007 on the east was a good example. all of those 2-3' holiday storms created terrain traps all over mad river glen. to fall was to often spend 10-15mins extricating oneself from quicksand-like bottomless snow.

That is some of Mad River "Punchy Rotten Snow".

I don't think MRG uses "rotten" as a description in their snow reporting ever...I laugh when I've checked the website for conditions report and it will say Primary: Thin cover on hardpack, Secondary: Moss and dirt, and then the actual report will be for a great day!

Took a picture of this sign on the top of the double back in Feb25, 2017. They most certainly use the terms Punchy and Rotten to describe snow conditions at MRG. Lack of groomer compacting the snow surfaces.

I stand corrected! I should have written "as a NEGATIVE description" (but you know me, I wasn't saying what I wrote in a negative way...I'd ski any kind of surface if there's lift access)

DES/GIS.
WTF?

Ski It If You Can !