2022-04-27, 08:22 AM
This is a tough time of year. Sierra foothills? A relatively low snow year there I think. A friend in Mammoth posts about low elevation hikes with tons of wildflowers these days. Some of the Nevada ranges? The high ones still have snow, but maybe not much. There is a good snow observation tool here, that I use all the time:
https://www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/interactive/html/map.html
I do not know where that data comes from. There are also maps some place of "snow water equivalent" for each river drainage, on a state by state basis.
At this time of year I tend to stay in New England. My next trip is the very very beginning of July, to Montana. I have some fears of snow, as they have had a bunch of late season snow after a dry winter, so I am working out some lower elevation (7-8K) places to go if there is still high snow. The flip side is that late melt out means better flowers in July.
https://www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/interactive/html/map.html
I do not know where that data comes from. There are also maps some place of "snow water equivalent" for each river drainage, on a state by state basis.
At this time of year I tend to stay in New England. My next trip is the very very beginning of July, to Montana. I have some fears of snow, as they have had a bunch of late season snow after a dry winter, so I am working out some lower elevation (7-8K) places to go if there is still high snow. The flip side is that late melt out means better flowers in July.