Central Rocky Mountain Trails Snowpack

[MtnYota]

If anyone is looking at off-roading early summer in the Central Rockies.....you might not be able to access much high elevation terrain until later in the Summer. I can speak for CO firsthand, and we’re WAAAAAAY above average snowpack. Avg was at 125% and that was before this week. 53” this week and counting.
Oink Oink
Here’s my Pig-Pop Snow Cone for reference, this fell last night. More on the way.

 

[MtnYota]

Nice.

Almost all the snow I had already disappeared thanks to 2 weeks of rain

Bummer, John!
I dig deep pow turns, that’s why I moved here... .....but the older I get, the more I look forward to spring. I reckon springs gonna take its time around these parts this year. My FJ and my dirtbike are pissed! Lol

 

[scrapdaddy]

So, in your opinion is the whole region (passes) going to be late opening this Summer? I like looking at the deep stuff, but I wouldn't want to be a working man in everyday.

 

[MtnYota]

So, in your opinion is the whole region (passes) going to be late opening this Summer? I like looking at the deep stuff, but I wouldn't want to be a working man in everyday.

Any time you see numbers over 100 in the late winter, your gonna be lookin at a stubborn snowpack in my opinion. That said, a long period of unseasonable warm days in April or May could lessen the effect. I’ve only seen one spring warm enough in 22 years to melt a significantly above average snowpack. I’d consider anything over 125 a big snowpack.

 

[MtnYota]

I’ll dig up a snowtel map for Utah to post on the Pig Party thread, too.