How unusual is the current low PNW snowpack?

A good year to buy gear from desperate retailers in February to use in the big dumps that come in March and early April like the '04-'05 season. Not every day is a powder day.

Maybe it's time to start thinking about some trams to the alpine in the Cascades. Wouldn't a tram to Mt Cashmere be great? How about up to Spider Gap area?

Maybe it's time to start thinking about some trams to the alpine in the Cascades. Wouldn't a tram to Mt Cashmere be great? How about up to Spider Gap area?

You may already know about the efforts in the early 1970s to locate a ski area on Mt Cashmere. I have some brief notes here:

alpenglow.org/ski-history/subjects/S-inf...l#ski-areas-proposed

It's interesting that one of the key people behind this effort was Bill Stark, who was still a Boeing engineer at that time. Bill and his wife Peg later retired in Leavenworth and established the Scottish Lakes High Camp. They are also well known for their descriptive names in the Enchantment Lakes.

Here's a Bob and Ira Spring photo of one of their reconnaissance trips to Mt Cashmere, circa 1970:



And here's a nice photo of Bill Stark during one of these trips:

You may already know about the efforts in the early 1970s to locate a ski area on Mt Cashmere. I have some brief notes here:

alpenglow.org/ski-history/subjects/S-inf...l#ski-areas-proposed

It's interesting that one of the key people behind this effort was Bill Stark, who was still a Boeing engineer at that time. Bill and his wife Peg later retired in Leavenworth and established the Scottish Lakes High Camp. They are also well known for their descriptive names in the Enchantment Lakes.

Here's a Bob and Ira Spring photo of one of their reconnaissance trips to Mt Cashmere, circa 1970:

And here's a nice photo of Bill Stark during one of these trips:

Yeah, I was thinking about proposed areas when I posted.

tragically, no one knows whether it will snow or not.

Check what the experts have to say (no reason to jump for joy): Not much hope for snow

Statistics prove that roughly 50% of years will be below average.

Thanks for the post Amar. I agree from my life experiences that this season is not over by a long shot. There have been tons of times that we have received big dumps in March and even April that saved the snowpack. However, I have closely observed the last seven winters in the Blewitt area along hiway 97 and methinksI'mdone! We have always gotten a couple of big dumps up here by now and we seldom get much later on in the winter. The has always been 2-4 feet of snow on my deck by this date (7 yrs in a row) and there is none right now! Low elevations are getting hammered this year and I think that there's a good chance the low areas on the east side may not recover. (Not that anyone much cares about the few eastsiders over here