There might not be summer skiing at Hood this year.

Skibumsmith

Skibumsmith

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Temps at the base have been in the 50s for the past several weeks and there’s no snow in the forecast. I’m a little worried.
 
Most of the west has been on the struggle bus for the past month or so. Sucks. Hoping this isn't the new normal with climate change/global warming.
 
Its been dry all January/February so far but December was so insane that base depth isn’t far off seasonal averages. I wouldn't worry yet.
 
topic:Skibumsmith said:
Temps at the base have been in the 50s for the past several weeks and there’s no snow in the forecast. I’m a little worried.
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Have you not seen Japan… the storms are just spinning, hitting Japan, round to the gulf of Alaska, and back to Japan. The high sun angle will change the pattern, just gotta be patient, miracle March is coming
 
if you have doubts about this summers snowpack just take a look at how low tide it was winter 14/15 and how timberline still managed to pull it off

We’ll be skiing this summer for sure
 
14395502:Skibumsmith said:
That is nothing more than wishful thinking at this point. The damage has been done.
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Defeatest thinking can be counterproductive and demotivate people to change
 
14395473:Hammyslapwagons said:
Most of the west has been on the struggle bus for the past month or so. Sucks. Hoping this isn't the new normal with climate change/global warming.
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Weather is going to get more unpredictable and trend warmer of course. It'll probably to pinpoint a normal for coming seasons, but the trend will be ski seasons get shittier and shittier.
 
march can be pretty deep too. atleast further north.

how do you guys think shasta will be come may? i was planning on climbing it with my sister.
 
14395704:ajbski said:
march can be pretty deep too. atleast further north.

how do you guys think shasta will be come may? i was planning on climbing it with my sister.
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Shasta and most of the volcanos sucked ass last year, terrible skiing between 7-10k.
 
14395505:JAHn said:
Its been dry all January/February so far but December was so insane that base depth isn’t far off seasonal averages. I wouldn't worry yet.
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The storm cycles at the end of December were absolutely bonkers out here. I'm guessing it kinda helps offset the dry spell of January and Feb.
 
14395648:ParkRx said:
Defeatest thinking can be counterproductive and demotivate people to change
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I think that the dire reality of the current climate crisis should be plenty motivation for change, actually. It's not defeatist thinking, it's the writing on the wall, and if you can't see it, you're delusional. Can't solve a climate crisis with optimism ?
 
14395832:tri_photo said:
The storm cycles at the end of December were absolutely bonkers out here. I'm guessing it kinda helps offset the dry spell of January and Feb.
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It definitely does offset in terms of snow depth. Surface quality has been absolute shit though. Icy and firm af.
 
so far this season everybody out west was first losing their shit in November cause it wasn't snowing, then they were like "omg best season ever!!" for December, and now they're back to "worst season ever" vibes.

seems like it will probably start snowing again and you guys will be fine
 
14395963:hi_vis360 said:
so far this season everybody out west was first losing their shit in November cause it wasn't snowing, then they were like "omg best season ever!!" for December, and now they're back to "worst season ever" vibes.

seems like it will probably start snowing again and you guys will be fine
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You are way over-simplifying this. The December snowpack in Colorado was sitting at 49% off the average. We received a few storms and the early January snowpack across the state was at 117% of the average — meaning we are still well below where we should be. The month of February has us trending in the wrong direction and we need a solid storm to start heading back up toward the average.

Here is the JSON data if anyone wants to run some scripts on it.

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14395976:OldManAtABasin said:
You are way over-simplifying this. The December snowpack in Colorado was sitting at 49% off the average. We received a few storms and the early January snowpack across the state was at 117% of the average — meaning we are still well below where we should be.

Here is the JSON data if anyone wants to run some scripts on it.

**This post was edited on Feb 11th 2022 at 4:29:25pm
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of course Im oversimplifying this I'm basing this off of newschoolers posts lmao
 
14395632:IanAvery-Leaf said:
if you have doubts about this summers snowpack just take a look at how low tide it was winter 14/15 and how timberline still managed to pull it off

We’ll be skiing this summer for sure
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Yeah but summer 2015 also ended a month early and the snowfield has never been the same since. Used to be summer ran until labor day every year, but rumor has it tline will be closing mid August going forward. Never seen a hike down to snow like last August either

[video]https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1031799/trim-439AE14F-A10A-4E3D-B594-118513861E1B-MOV[/video]
 
14396172:Paul. said:
Yeah but summer 2015 also ended a month early and the snowfield has never been the same since. Used to be summer ran until labor day every year, but rumor has it tline will be closing mid August going forward. Never seen a hike down to snow like last August either

[video]https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1031799/trim-439AE14F-A10A-4E3D-B594-118513861E1B-MOV[/video]
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Unless we start getting snow I don't expect we'll even make it to august.
 
14395632:IanAvery-Leaf said:
if you have doubts about this summers snowpack just take a look at how low tide it was winter 14/15 and how timberline still managed to pull it off

We’ll be skiing this summer for sure
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This year reminds me of the 14/15 season but with a bit more snow.
 
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