Sierra Nevada after atmospheric rivers

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Re: Sierra Nevada after atmospheric rivers

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zinj wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 1:50 pm It so happens I'm going to be in Sacramento at the end of the week of 4th of July. Almost tecord snowpack...maybe an unseasonably late climb/ski off of Shasta?

I'm inclined to stick to the "standard" South (snowfield) side. rather than the glaciated aspects where crevasses might be obscured or behaving weirdly this season.

Anyone around in epic 1995 who can tell me what THAT winter did to Shasta?
Speaking of Sacramento and record winters… apparently a perfect storm/flood scenario could happen there if at least two of the rivers draining the Sierra (there may be a third) melt out too fast after a big year. Well, the Sierras are having a HUGE year. I think Sac might have a bigger levee system than New Orleans and they are supposed to be reinforcing it over time. Might be interesting this spring/summer, assuming it EVER stops snowing.
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I fear it's going to be really bad, if/when it stops snowing, it's going to start heating up fast.

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justiner wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 5:06 pm I fear it's going to be really bad, if/when it stops snowing, it's going to start heating up fast.

You got it Justin. That’s the dreaded equation.

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I think that Shasta being farther north is not having a huge snow year, just above average. It is farther south in the Sierras, like from Tahoe south, that the snow is way lots this year.
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drewski wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 10:59 pm I think that Shasta being farther north is not having a huge snow year, just above average. It is farther south in the Sierras, like from Tahoe south, that the snow is way lots this year.
Apparently the Shasta area snowpack is at 182%?

https://cdec.water.ca.gov/snowapp/sweq.action
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Most of the west coast is having a big year, all the way north to about Mt St Helens:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source= ... lsqBKFGSvd
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About once a decade there is so much snow that Yosemite does not open its mountain huts or even its Tioga campgrounds. And snow persits all summer on parts of the Muir trail. 2023 sounds like one of those years.
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