olgav100

Nice link.

But...where HLMG talks about the CA snowpacks in the 3 sections of north, middle and south it gives a bit of a understated view.

For instance the high areas in between Kennedy Meadows and the Lone Pine intersection at Trail Pass were absolutely BURIED with snow. From the Postholer site which has better snow data than was used by HLMG the new record Apr 1 snow pack there was about 50% higher than the old record and is about TRIPLE the normal Apr 1 amount (some 5 1/2 ft of water is sitting there in the form of snow. North of there there are other specific locations where there is 70 inches of water equivalent, 80, 85, 90 and even 100 inches of water sitting there in the form of snow and ice. Postholer had the PCT snow average right at 200% on Apr 1 - which shows the difference in using the snow data right at the trail as opposed to what CA reports - but that masks the extreme locations a bit also.

While averages are helpful of course, having data on specific locations and the potential at them for extreme conditions is also very useful.

We are also not done with the snow season. For instance the central Sierra is forecast to have heavy snow Fri and Sat.

http://www.postholer.com/snow/Pacific-Crest-Trail/1

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