Where's the Snow?

Image from Backcountry.com

The above image on the left shows the snowpack this year on January 4, with the blue areas denoting snow. Even some of the highest peaks (like the Sierra Nevada in California) are virtually bare. Compare that with last year's conditions on January 4, when the Sierra Nevada was purple and much of the Intermountain West was dark blue. Snake Valley was buried in snow all January, while this year even Wheeler Peak and Jeff Davis are nearly bare. What a difference one year makes!

It will be interesting to see what happens the rest of this winter. Maybe we shouldn't have put off those skiing trips...