Is it actually June?

I was going to go on vacation for a week. I've put it off 3 times and now had to put it off until the first week of july. Maybe we will get june then

I was supposed to be on vacation this week as well, but put it off until next week. Now it is looking like I might need to put it off again! Hopefully I can work it out.

I've been using the "this is the last powder day of the season" line with my wife for a few months now.  I fear that I am loosing credibility.

I hope you're right---not about your cred, which was probably shaky anyhow---but about the multiple-last-powpow thing.

I was using the search function to research a possible tour on Mt Ruth from Glacier Basin and was surprised to see a report for June 9th, 2001 that was very similar to the conditons we have forecast for this weekend, 4000 ft snow levels and new snow. His report for that day said good skiing was had. So anybody got the 7 year itch?

This was in Today's Tacoma Tribune:


Snowmelt dates

This shows the dates the snow at Paradise melted out for the years the snow depth was more than 170 inches on May 30.

Year Snow depth Melt-out

         inches   date

1955   194     Aug. 4

1956   192     July 28

1964   183     July 30

1971   202     Aug. 6

1972   216     Aug. 7

1974   249     Aug. 26

1975   178     July 31

1999   204     Aug. 18

2008   172      ?

Source: Mount Rainier National Park


Also:
Snowpack stalls mountain wildflowers
www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/story/381252.html

Routine erased at Mount Rainier
www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/story/381239.html

wow, where do you go to get an avy forecast in June (seriously)? ???  Probably on our own… to assess any new snow conditions, ultimately isn't that always the case though.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
430 AM PDT FRI JUN 6 2008

WAZ513-518-519-062230-
OLYMPICS-WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
430 AM PDT FRI JUN 6 2008

...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CASCADES AND OLYMPICS TODAY..

RAIN AND SNOW WILL INCREASE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON
THIS MORNING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE DAY.  THE MAIN
SNOW LEVEL WILL HOVER NEAR 3500 FEET BUT TEMPERATURES WILL BE
MARGINAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW BETWEEN 4000 AND 5500 FEET.  THE
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON
WHEN UP TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL AT THE HIGHER PASSES. ABOVE
5500 FEET...COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW ALL THE FALLING SNOW TO
STICK WITH UP TO 2 FEET EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING.  THIS WILL RESULT
IN A HAZARD FOR MOUNTAINEERING AND TRAVEL IN THE HIGH BACKCOUNTRY
WITH POOR VISIBILITY...WINDY CONDITIONS...COLD TEMPERATURES...AND
THE POSSIBILITY OF RENEWED AVALANCHE ACTIVITY.

PEOPLE DRIVING OVER THE HIGHER HIGHWAYS INCLUDING STEVENS PASS..
CHINOOK PASS...WASHINGTON PASS...THE ROAD TO PARADISE...AND THE
ROAD TO HURRICANE RIDGE...WILL LIKELY ENCOUNTER SNOW...POOR
VISIBILITY...AND SOME WIND. HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS ON THE ROADS WILL
GENERALLY BE THREE INCHES OR LESS.