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Thread: Where's the snow?
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01-26-2015, 12:18 AM #1Registered User
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Where's the snow?
With the early spring that has ruined pretty much everywhere in BC and the PNW - if you could hit the road right now where would you go? Resort, touring, sledding...
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01-26-2015, 04:04 AM #2Registered User
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I'm a PNWer in Japan this week. Plenty of snow here. Been sunny last two days, so no Japow, but still good skiing. Storm building for the rest of the week.
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01-26-2015, 07:57 AM #3
New England
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01-26-2015, 09:19 AM #4
jackson/bozeman is LESS screwed by temps etc.
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01-26-2015, 09:29 AM #5Banned
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Japan or Southwest Colorado.
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01-26-2015, 10:28 AM #6
Trails in moab are in excellent shape right now.
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01-26-2015, 04:42 PM #7
It's in Park City. Everyone is talking about it.
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01-26-2015, 07:24 PM #8Registered User
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01-26-2015, 07:44 PM #9Registered User
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01-26-2015, 08:27 PM #10
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01-26-2015, 08:42 PM #11Registered User
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^^ damn
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01-26-2015, 09:18 PM #12
Go home spring, you're drunk!
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01-26-2015, 09:20 PM #13
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01-27-2015, 11:30 AM #14
The coverage in Jackson is quite good in my opinion.
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01-27-2015, 11:46 AM #15Registered User
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Anybody been to Sun Peaks in southern BC lately? Thinking about a road trip if the coverage is good. Can't be any worse than around here.
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01-27-2015, 05:25 PM #16
Alaska?
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01-27-2015, 06:00 PM #17
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01-27-2015, 11:14 PM #18“I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.”
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01-27-2015, 11:41 PM #19
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01-28-2015, 12:45 AM #20
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01-28-2015, 12:45 PM #21Registered User
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Thanks for that, I'll check out the drive times. I've heard Sun Peaks is the closest to Seattle and wanted to keep driving to a minimum. Went to Revelstoke for 3 days last winter and had a blast but the drive home on Sunday night/Monday morning was rough. Maybe I should just be patient and wait for the snow here in the soggy PNW.
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01-28-2015, 01:00 PM #22
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01-28-2015, 02:03 PM #23
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01-28-2015, 02:54 PM #24
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick...1#.VMlMOXktG70
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
555 AM MST WED JAN 28 2015
COZ017>023-UTZ022-028-029-290100-
UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-
NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-
PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER-
FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN-
SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-SOUTHEAST UTAH-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-
CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIDGWAY...GLADE PARK...OURAY...
TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY...SILVERTON...RICO...HESPERUS...GATEWAY...
NUCLA...CORTEZ...DOVE CREEK...MANCOS...DURANGO...BAYFIELD...
IGNACIO...PAGOSA SPRINGS AND VICINITY...BLANDING...BLUFF...
MEXICAN HAT...MONTICELLO AND VICINITY
555 AM MST WED JAN 28 2015
...SIGNIFICANT SNOW POSSIBLE FOR THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS ON FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY...
A MOIST AND RELATIVELY WARM WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING A MIXTURE OF
RAIN AND SNOW TO SOUTHEAST UTAH AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY. IN THE HIGH COUNTRY...THIS WILL MEAN SNOW WITH POSSIBLE
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE
8500 FEET COULD BE COMMON WITH LOCALIZED SPOTS REACHING 12 INCHES.
THE SNOW LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO FLUCTUATE BETWEEN DAYTIME AND
NIGHTTIME. THE SNOW LEVEL MAY START OUT AT 6000 FEET FRIDAY
MORNING...BUT IS EXPECTED TO RISE BETWEEN 8000 TO 9000 FEET DURING
THE DAY. ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING...THE SNOW LEVEL
WILL LOWER TO BETWEEN 6000 TO 7000 FEET.
FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS BELOW 6000 FEET...RAIN IS LIKELY FOR THE
VALLEYS OF SOUTHWEST COLORADO AND SOUTHEAST UTAH ON FRIDAY. RAIN
AMOUNTS MAY RANGE FROM A QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF PRECIPITATION.
BE AWARE OF WINTER WEATHER RETURNING THIS WEEKEND OVER THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. HEAVY WET SNOW COULD FALL
AND MAY IMPACT TRAVEL OVER THE PASSES.
$$
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
605 AM MST WED JAN 28 2015
COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-291315-
LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-
ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS-
UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR-
CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS-
GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN-
WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS-FLATTOPS-
UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY-UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-
NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-
PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER-
FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN-
SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-SOUTHEAST UTAH-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN UINTA BASIN-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT-
LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES-
605 AM MST WED JAN 28 2015
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN
COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A FEW LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS WILL EXIST ACROSS WESTERN
COLORADO TODAY. LITTLE TO NO SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN
THE HIGH COUNTRY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THE CHANCE FOR MOUNTAIN SNOW AND VALLEY RAIN WILL BE INCREASING
OVER SOUTHEAST UTAH AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO ON THURSDAY EVENING.
THE CHANCE OF MOUNTAIN SNOW AND VALLEY RAIN CONTINUES FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY...WITH RAIN OR SNOW LIKELY OVER SOUTHWEST COLORADO ON
FRIDAY. THE SNOW LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 8000 TO 9000 FEET
WITH POSSIBLE HEAVY SNOW OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. TOTAL STORM
ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS COULD RANGE FROM 4 TO
8 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED SPOTS REACHING 12 INCHES.Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
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01-28-2015, 03:44 PM #25
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