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It gets crazier.

October: 5"

November: 66.4"

December: 152.2"

January: 104.9"

Total so far: 328.5", and winter isn't even close to over! That's how glaciers start forming :lol:

The existing glaciers there are building on some mass this winter!

27.4' of snow!

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It gets crazier.

October: 5"

November: 66.4"

December: 152.2"

January: 104.9"

Total so far: 328.5", and winter isn't even close to over! That's how glaciers start forming :lol:

Yeah, and that's at SEA LEVEL at the base of a 5,000'+ mountain range. I can only imagine how many feet has accumulated in the mountains on the actual glaciers.

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That is nuts...

Anyone know at what point that stuff will melt? June? Aug? or doesn't it entirely?

Glacier's will definitely undergo some expansion. Current snowfields will expand - new ones will probably form. I would think 3000 ft asl + the snow will have a hard time melting completely. I know last winter there was so much snow on Mt. Rainier at the 5000 ft level there was snow on the ground until mid August. The wildflower season up at Paradise was very brief.

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I love the thread title :)

While the Valdez numbers are certainly impressive, I would argue that the Yakutat numbers are much more impressive relative to "normal".

Valdez

328.5" of snow for the season so far

% of normal: 174%

Snow depth: 72"

Yakutat

219.6" of snow for the season so far

% of normal: 302% (normal-to-date is only 72.8")

Snow depth: 90" (last year, there was no snow on the ground on this date!!)

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I love the thread title :)

While the Valdez numbers are certainly impressive, I would argue that the Yakutat numbers are much more impressive relative to "normal".

Valdez

328.5" of snow for the season so far

% of normal: 74%

Snow depth: 72"

Yakutat

219.6" of snow for the season so far

% of normal: 202% (normal-to-date is only 72.8")

Snow depth: 90" (last year, there was no snow on the ground on this date!!)

Valdez has seen 174% of normal to date, through yesterday. Yakutat is 302%. ;)

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I love the thread title :)

While the Valdez numbers are certainly impressive, I would argue that the Yakutat numbers are much more impressive relative to "normal".

Valdez

328.5" of snow for the season so far

% of normal: 174%

Snow depth: 72"

Yakutat

219.6" of snow for the season so far

% of normal: 302% (normal-to-date is only 72.8")

Snow depth: 90" (last year, there was no snow on the ground on this date!!)

WOW

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WOW

I have been to Juneau & Gustavus AK (& near Yakutat) and talked to the locals about the winter there. They say the winters along the coastal towns are extremely variable. One winter there will be several feet on the ground and the next year it is all a very cold rain. Only guarantee is it will be mostly DARK and very LONG. But most of them love it.

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