For some in North America, November has been bliss; for others, that wait continues. Not unlike other years, at least considering its early season, there are haves and have-nots. In other words, you may be over-tractioned if you are running studs or even Blizzaks. While it’s too early to predict general trends regarding what December and January have in store, the SWE maps show a striking contrast.
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An early season Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) check in—wax and scrape your snow sliding tools.
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The inexorable shift in seasons is upon us. For snow sliders, spring is no fool’s gold. More predictable snowpacks, the ability to travel on fast refreeze in the early hours and top out, with perfect timing, for a multi-thousand foot descent of corn snow make spring, perhaps, the best time of year for making turns. Thus, it is time for a SWE update.
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From the THR Dept. of Atmospheric Rivers… A wee bit into March and the reality that our pal in Truckee gets to rev his snowblower as the latest atmospheric river moisturizes the Sierra Nevada means it’s time for a SWE update.
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Rolling into the heart of winter SWE totals for the basins out West show improvement, but fingers are crossed for Mother Nature’s magic touch through February.
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