Early Meltout

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Re: Early Meltout

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ok now the 'new spot per month challenge' obsession is back with a vengeance

because i have chance to get to high country this weekend - that i may not get again this month.

and now based on the real time satellite data - maybe there's a fighting chance of getting up on something around mosquito pass?


can i cross these heavier squares of the snowtel report successfully?

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this is becoming like a game of Qbert!!
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Looks like winter is going to have one last hurrah.
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Here's the way-too-early question of how this will impact my climbing plans for the first weekend in June. I'm coming from out of state and was going to take some newbies up Bierstadt and either Sherman or part of Decalibron. Any guesses what this will look like in a couple of weeks if we get 2-3 feet of snow this weekend in the high country?
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ClimbingFool wrote: Thu May 19, 2022 9:43 am Here's the way-too-early question of how this will impact my climbing plans for the first weekend in June. I'm coming from out of state and was going to take some newbies up Bierstadt and either Sherman or part of Decalibron. Any guesses what this will look like in a couple of weeks if we get 2-3 feet of snow this weekend in the high country?
The short answer is that it depends on what happens with the weather between this weekend and the dates of your intended climb.

Weather forecasts have gotten a lot more accurate 2-3 days out but a couple weeks out is a lot harder to accurately predict.
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ClimbingFool wrote: Thu May 19, 2022 9:43 am Here's the way-too-early question of how this will impact my climbing plans for the first weekend in June. I'm coming from out of state and was going to take some newbies up Bierstadt and either Sherman or part of Decalibron. Any guesses what this will look like in a couple of weeks if we get 2-3 feet of snow this weekend in the high country?
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https://www.aspentimes.com/magazines/as ... henomenon/

"Making sense of the dust on snow phenomenon ...
Most would agree the 2021-22 ski season was a good one. But, unfortunately,
it ended with multiple dust events.

As the spring progresses, the surface dust layer becomes more concentrated.
The darker surface absorbs even more solar radiation,
accelerating the rate of snowmelt."
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ClimbingFool wrote: Thu May 19, 2022 9:43 am Here's the way-too-early question of how this will impact my climbing plans for the first weekend in June. I'm coming from out of state and was going to take some newbies up Bierstadt and either Sherman or part of Decalibron. Any guesses what this will look like in a couple of weeks if we get 2-3 feet of snow this weekend in the high country?
Reports are back to the 80s. Go guy. I was on Sniktau and Cupid yesterday on Loveland Pass, and there was nothing... It will melt out again fast. Bring spikes
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Re: Early Meltout

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Snowpack bottoms out in SW Colorado

From the Durango Herald.

Some excerpts:

This year has been a contrast to 2002 and 2018 because snowpack was about average while the other two were poor snow years.

With a drier landscape, wildfires, particularly bigger fires, become more of a risk, making the monsoon season in July and August especially important.
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Re: Early Meltout

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Jorts wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 4:22 pm Snowpack bottoms out in SW Colorado

With a drier landscape, wildfires, particularly bigger fires, become more of a risk, making the monsoon season in July and August especially important.
And my niece just texted me this photo from Durango.
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