[HN Gopher] New York City Shatters 50-Year Record for Snowless W...
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New York City Shatters 50-Year Record for Snowless Winter
Author : impish9208
Score : 12 points
Date : 2023-01-29 19:37 UTC (3 hours ago)
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| japhib wrote:
| Meanwhile in Utah it's the snowiest winter we've had in many
| years - there's been 23 years of drought and this year our
| snowpack is at 200% of normal.
| melling wrote:
| 8 of the past 10 years have been a drought?
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| https://universe.byu.edu/2023/01/26/historic-snowfall-is-a-s...
| paulddraper wrote:
| It's wild.
|
| The mountains have literally 8+ feet of snow everywhere. I went
| snowshoeing last weekend....the trails look kinda different ten
| feet off the ground.....
| pratchett wrote:
| Where do you usually go? I have done a lot of snowshoeing in
| the Midwest but a bit scared of going alone into the
| mountains now that I'm here in Utah.
| paulddraper wrote:
| Last weekend I went to Donut Falls in Big Cottonwood
| Canyon, though the path was clear enough that I didn't use
| snowshoes for the last part.
|
| If you've never been to Donut Falls, I would highly, highly
| recommend it, anytime of year.
| AnimalMuppet wrote:
| If you're going to go out in the mountains in winter, learn
| about avalanches - where and under what conditions they
| happen, how to read a slope, and so on. This applies more
| to cross-country skiers, but a snowshoer might need it too.
|
| But Paul is probably a better source than I am. Paul, _do_
| snowshoers need to know about avalanches out here?
| impish9208 wrote:
| https://archive.is/8jgHT
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