Originally Posted by
cmsummit
How often does it rain at 10,000+ feet in CO in the winter compared to the NE? Hate to break it to you, but reliable temps and snow conditions for skiing will exist throughout the high elevation areas of the Intermountain West for longer than the NE.
Not a professional weather/climate prognosticator, but... Who's to say warmer climate does not include more persistent continental high pressure, i.e. Rex block. That would mean less precip in the west and more polar vortex in the east. I've read several times that arctic coldness drives the progressive weather patterns that bring the West's snow. The warming peeps say the arctic does/will get more than its share of the average warming. Haven't noticed whether that means warmer arctic summers, winters, or both.
To the topic at hand, I agree MTN is short term focused. Stockholders and leadership will be retired before the climate gets too sideways. They may not even consider the possibility - humans are really bad at expecting the unexpected.
Hmm... the Rex block idea is consistent with that forest they found under Fallen Leaf Lake near Tahoe. Trees date to the Medieval Warm Period. Maybe there was a persistent Rex block and it stopped snowing in Tahoe for a hundred+ years.
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