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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Mar 21, 2024, 12:55 PM Mar 2024

Weekend warmth melts almost 20 inches of snowpack

STEVENS PASS — Snowpack levels shrunk considerably over the past week in the Cascades due to record warm weather, sparking avalanche concerns at Stevens Pass and other outdoor hotspots.

Last Wednesday, snowpack was 84 inches at Stevens Pass. As of this week, it was 66 inches — about 84% normal for snowpack levels in March.

Around Mount Baker, at about 4,200 feet of elevation in the ski area, there was 95 inches of snow. Last week, there was 125 inches.

Temperatures climbed into the 70s in many parts of Snohomish County over the weekend, triggering snowmelt in the mountains.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/weekend-warmth-melts-almost-20-inches-of-snowpack-in-snohomish-county/

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Weekend warmth melts almost 20 inches of snowpack (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2024 OP
Similar situation... 2naSalit Mar 2024 #1

2naSalit

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Thu Mar 21, 2024, 02:24 PM
Mar 2024

Along the divide, ID/MT. Just spoke to a friend, a ski patrol at Lost Trails, said he had to go as they were shutting down for the day due to avalanche danger. The layering is a mess so there have been a lot of avalanches this season where there's actually snow on the ground.

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