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u/Horror-Vanilla-4895 14d ago
LCC and BCC got up to 5 inches of liquid. Just imagine if it was a bit colder.
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u/Tired-Nectarine-384 14d ago
We got monster rain storms last year in October as well and I hoped it was the harbinger of a great winter. It wasn't.
Hopefully this year is different.
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u/Abject-Green-2174 14d ago
Don't have to imagine, the cottonwoods get that kind of of water as snow on occasion. I've seen it a few times. Thing about that is you have to be up there before they close the road.
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u/Toggles_ 14d ago
Unfortunately snow this early isn’t a good thing unless it continues to snow. If it doesn’t, October snow becomes a PWL that can take a long time to heal and affects both resort and backcountry.
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u/Itchy-Ninja4103 14d ago
I think it will melt don’t you?
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u/Toggles_ 14d ago
Some of the aspects (S/SW/W) will most likely melt, but most likely the N/NE/E will not with normal fall temps since they don’t get strong solar input this time of year. The NW and SE may or may not. It is really dependent on what type of temps we get throughout fall.
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u/Revolutionary_War749 13d ago
The cottonwoods should be fine for the most part since a lot of the resorts are mainly North facing
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u/jack4kickin 14d ago
I love touring, but I love snow more
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u/Toggles_ 14d ago
Trust me I do as well but this doesn’t just affect touring. It makes it harder to open terrain at the resorts as well because PWL layers can be very tricky to deal with since they don’t necessarily respond to explosives.
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u/IrishBuckles 14d ago
That’s not nothin!