Great postings! I have to add that this has seemed to be a strange winter. I have not experienced any shortage of powder days this winter, but for the exception of the cold spell around Christmas I'd have to say this winter has presented unusally warm temps, generally high snow levels, and ample powder???? Go figure. Here are a few observations - the creeks up at snoqualmie pass have not filled in this year. In most years they are filled in by mid February. Source lake is still open. I have been spotting some great high-elevation ice falls to climb that I have not seen in past years which seems to indicate generally warmer temperatures at higher elevation and more freeze thaw cycles up high. While doing the Mt Thompson circumnavagation two weekends ago we were befuddled by a complete lack of snow in the upper Burnt Boot Creek basin at 3000'. Only the slide paths and open shaded areas next to the creek had snow. Anything forested or exposed to the sun had zero snow....and that was at 3000'. The Middle Fork valley does not get the easterly flow that the passes get so the snow line was a lot higher than we expected. She is a weird one this Winter.
