What happened to La Nina

Its gone from annoying to you've got to be Freaking kidding. The latest forecast, such a bummer. So far everything about this season has felt very el nino.

Its gone from annoying to you've got to be Freaking kidding.  The latest forecast, such a bummer.  So far everything about this season has felt very el nino.

Last year was El Nino and it was my best ski season in Washington state in all my thirty four seasons.

This year has been ultra typical. Heavy snows on the east coast mean meager snow here in our mountains. The only difference is low puget sound snow. There should have been flooding before thanksgiving but since there was pretty much zero snow in the hills we didn't see it. Then there was the Thanksgiving snows, lowland flooding, and then I don't know what. Then even the knowing meteorologists gave up. La Nina it might be, but a statistics changing La Nina she is.

On the other hand, we skied excellent 5% powder over a firm, bouncy base today between 4800 and 5800 feet. Earlier in this winter we had a remarkable run of deep, dry powder which ended only a few weeks ago with the onset of monsoon rains. Who's complaining?

Of course, I wasn't around last year, but I heard the stories. Seemed to come late, all that good skiing....

Mark

On the other hand, we skied excellent 5% powder over a firm, bouncy base today between 4800 and 5800 feet.  Earlier in this winter we had a remarkable run of deep, dry powder which ended only a few weeks ago with the onset of monsoon rains.  Who's complaining?

Of course, I wasn't around last year, but I heard the stories.  Seemed to come late, all that good skiing....

Mark

I went  back and looked, and all my good photos were from early January and on.  Still last year at the time I was telling anyone who would listen that it was my best year ever and it would be hard for me to back off from that statement.  Yeah I drove over Steven's Pass on a weekly basis and was completely aware that there was no snow below tunnel creek.  Too bad.  We skied great powder pretty much all season.  Some photos.




This was your season gone Markharf.  Now is your season foie gras.

[size=8pt]*Fixed the quoting - Marcus*[/size]

My season of goose livers eaten following force feeding with excessive amounts of corn? Hmmmm. Thought provoking indeed.....but what does it mean?

My season of goose livers eaten following force feeding with excessive amounts of corn?  Hmmmm.  Thought provoking indeed.....but what does it mean?

There is no meaning behind it. And I don't know how my photos ended up in your quote.