CO snowpack is at 750% for June 15th
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For you folks planning a vacation-scouting trip. Might want to hold off for a few...months...
It’s not bad if your legs are 8 feet long...
It’s not bad if your legs are 8 feet long...
According to Snotel it is melting fast though. Berthoud Summit was at 60'' on 5-24 today it is at 17''
Ucs I was doing that couple weeks ago it sucks.
Inflow at Navajo Lake (San Juan drainage) is coming in at 8,400 +/- cfs...
Haha we might be able to hunt the spring greenup this fall!
North Park, west of Walden
North Park, west of Walden
North Park to the north
North Park to the north
North Park to the east
North Park to the east
What a difference a year makes.
I was at my cabin in southwest Colorado the week of Memorial Day. Cabin is at 9000 ft. Went cross country skiing 2 miles from the cabin at about 9500 ft. 2 weeks before we went there was a foot of snow at the cabin, but when we got there on the 25th, it was dry. The takeaway from last year and this year: AVERAGE means nothing!
Snowed 4" at my house on the Tuesday after Memorial day. 8400'. Its cold here right now, which is really helping with a moderated runoff. Supposed to be only in the low 60s all next week. Keep waiting for Global Warming to strike...
Same day at my cabin. But melted by Tuesday evening. Never thought we would have that much snow there in late May. The cool thing is they drained the 600 acre reservoir last year to do maintainence and if we had gotten another year like last year, it would not have filled up the lake. But it is almost full now! Fishing will suffer for a few years but they have already stocked 7000 "catchables" and nearly 20,000 fingerlings. So will be good in the future.
"Inflow at Navajo Lake (San Juan drainage) is coming in at 8,400 +/- cfs..."
That's a lot of water.
Will be hunting on the Colo side of Colo/NM border, hope that does not cause any issues.
A dollar is 10,000% of a penny, but neither is much money. I know you are just trying to offset the alarmists Jaquomo. ;^)
What a difference a year makes, indeed. We still haven't had a 90 degree day in Denver this year. Last year we had 14 days over 90 by this time.
It should be a banner fishing year, when the runoff subsides. And antler growth should be good, too. I'd take this weather over the droughts any day.
Matt
I read yesterday that from October 1 until now it has been the coldest extended period in North America in recorded history. We just happened to get a lot of snow and the cool temps are slowing the melting. Thats not a bad thing.
It's only 52 at my place right now, at noon.
Zirkel Wilderness snow capped peaks in the background. Beautiful!
Zirkel Wilderness snow capped peaks in the background. Beautiful!
Yep, still lots of snow up high. Just got back from a weekend up at Steamboat lake. Got pounded with rain most of the time up there. Tons of water and lots of green! Hopefully good for antler growth.
Definitely tons of food for the critters this year!
This was the view off my deck two evenings ago. Green everywhere!
Yeah, I've been here since 06 and I'm not sure I've been able to see snow still from Denver Metro this late in the summer before!
I spent the month of May in Florida and got used to that heat and humidity...nothing but shorts, t-shirts, and flip flops. I've been freezing ever since returning to Colorado.
That pic of Steamboat Lake brought back some fond memories. I used to camp and fish there years ago. Back then it was all dirt roads from highway 40 up to the lake, and you could camp anywhere you liked around the lake. Then they developed the camp sites and began charging for them, and it ruined the whole experience, so I stopped going.
Matt
Yeah i hear that Matt, I usually opt for camping in the national forest where it’s free and I can do as I please. This trip I met my buddy with all his kids and all mine. 8 kids total, he wanted to stay at the camp site where they have “Amenities”! With that being said it was a good time.
Old goat I didn’t know y’all could see the mountains from Denver at all. If ya look off towards Denver from here all ya see is the brown cloud.
It's snowing hard right now at my place at 8400'. Supposed to snow off and on all weekend. Sheesh!
I had scouting plans all set for this weekend. Had to nix them. I can’t wait to get back up to the mountains!
Lou,
Hang in there, bro. Just think of all the tasty morsels the deer and elk will have to eat when things warm up.
Matt
With as short as summer is, Lou, that suks! Good for the mountains tho. Think I'll pass on my July trip and just go out in mid August. May as well just enjoy it here.
We were at the high country shoot Thursday night and Friday. It rained all night and turned to freezing rain/snow Friday morning. Guys coming in from town told us the weather report claimed it was going to get worse through the weekend. The roads were already getting bad and a couple trucks had to be pulled out around camp. We decided to head out before we couldn't get out. The wife's Grand Cherokee is 4x4 but not a lot of ground clearance.
Snow might never melt this summer
Summer solstice snow, Lou?
Dang!
The kids send their best. The canoe tastes water tomorrow.
Hope to have some camp smoke and pine in my nostrils, trout in my belly, a blazing sunset in my eyes and some of The Macallan and Canadian Shield water in a Sierra cup. We’ll think about you and I’ll raise a toast... the kids will go Crystal Light lemonade.
The ten year old thinks you should build a snowman since scouting or fishing are more problematic.
I don’t know if that helps.