One constant in Utah is the moaning by the water managers about our lack of snow. No matter how much snow we get, they're going to say it's not enough. Snow melt captured in our reservoirs plays a major role in our water supplies since we only get about 16" of precipitation annually.
Last year was especially bad. We got almost no snow and it was so warm that the little we had melted too quickly. Fortunately, this year has been different. While the snow in the valley has not been that impressive, the mountains have gotten a LOT of snow. I didn't really appreciate just how much until we went to Aspen Grove on Saturday, March 9, to do some sledding and cross-country skiing. This is what we saw:
The background for this next picture is the ampitheater at the Theater-in-the-Pines campground. You can just barely see the top of it above the snow:
For perspective, this is what it looks like in the summer:
Here is the bathroom (outhouse) that I never like to use when we come up here:
We had a great time sledding and cross-country skiing. Since our cold weather continues to hold, I think we'll able to do more of this for a few more weeks or maybe even months.
Last year was especially bad. We got almost no snow and it was so warm that the little we had melted too quickly. Fortunately, this year has been different. While the snow in the valley has not been that impressive, the mountains have gotten a LOT of snow. I didn't really appreciate just how much until we went to Aspen Grove on Saturday, March 9, to do some sledding and cross-country skiing. This is what we saw:
The background for this next picture is the ampitheater at the Theater-in-the-Pines campground. You can just barely see the top of it above the snow:
For perspective, this is what it looks like in the summer:
We had a great time sledding and cross-country skiing. Since our cold weather continues to hold, I think we'll able to do more of this for a few more weeks or maybe even months.
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