More details to come regarding the progress at Bear Dance, but this is simply too interesting to pass up. Our "Just For Fun" column on the left has been keeping up with the snow levels in Jewel Basin throughout the winter, which, according to experts, has us well below our snowpack totals for the Flathead Basin. This usually leads to much hand-wringing and consternation about whether we're in a drought, or if it'll be a bad fire year, or if this is all a result of mankind's relentless assault on the environment leading to global warming, melting polar ice caps, rising sea levels and the death of baby seals.
Then along comes one of our patented winter storms. At the end of April.
For those living in most parts of the Flathead Valley, they're grimly met by wind, rain, temps around 40 degrees (that's 4.44444 degrees Celsius for our Canadian readers), and an occasional snow shower.
But for geeks like me, it's an opportunity to see what the wonderful World Wide Web can share. When I wake up on an April 29th morning and see snow, the first thing I do (right after praying my wife doesn't bail on Montana) is check to see how much snow fell in Jewel Basin. And this morning I was delighted (yes, delighted) to see that the past 24 hours have produced THIRTY-SEVEN INCHES of NEW SNOW.
I know a lot of people are depressed about the weather right now, and sure, I'd rather be standing in the sunshine overseeing the landscaping progress at Bear Dance, looking forward to a golf outing on the weekend; but I somehow receive comfort in knowing how little we humans really know about what's happening with our weather.
Somewhere, someone is singing, "April Showers Bring May Flowers..."
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JUST FOR FUN
JEWEL BASIN SNOW DEPTH (this is in the parking lot for the hiking area, and keep in mind -- these numbers represent the settled base, not total snowfall):
10/07.........2"
10/09.........5"
10/13.........8"
10/15........11"
10/25........17"
10/28........27"
10/31........34"
11/07........28"
11/14........31"
11/21........30"
11/25........36"
11/28........42"
12/07........28"
12/15........45"
12/21........61"
12/30.......54"
1/4............75"
1/5............83"
1/6............93"
1/12..........82"
1/19..........85"
1/31..........81"
2/06.........91"
2/13.........98"
2/23.........93"
3/10........104"
3/23........107"
4/01........112"
4/10........114"
4/15........129"
4/28........101"
4/29........138"
5/04........148"
5/05........158"
5/12........139"
5/20.......108"
5/21........112"
5/26........108"
NOTE: You'll notice the snow levels dropping -- normal for this time of year -- but they're actually dropping at a much slower rate than normal. This is due to cooler temps each night, which allows the snow to either re-freeze or solidify, thus slowing down the melting process. Many of the locals have commented on how late in the season the snow seems to be staying on the mountains, and this bodes well for preventing a fire season this summer. We'll still be dependent on a few well-timed rain showers as summer progresses, but we're off to a pretty good start!
10/07.........2"
10/09.........5"
10/13.........8"
10/15........11"
10/25........17"
10/28........27"
10/31........34"
11/07........28"
11/14........31"
11/21........30"
11/25........36"
11/28........42"
12/07........28"
12/15........45"
12/21........61"
12/30.......54"
1/4............75"
1/5............83"
1/6............93"
1/12..........82"
1/19..........85"
1/31..........81"
2/06.........91"
2/13.........98"
2/23.........93"
3/10........104"
3/23........107"
4/01........112"
4/10........114"
4/15........129"
4/28........101"
4/29........138"
5/04........148"
5/05........158"
5/12........139"
5/20.......108"
5/21........112"
5/26........108"
NOTE: You'll notice the snow levels dropping -- normal for this time of year -- but they're actually dropping at a much slower rate than normal. This is due to cooler temps each night, which allows the snow to either re-freeze or solidify, thus slowing down the melting process. Many of the locals have commented on how late in the season the snow seems to be staying on the mountains, and this bodes well for preventing a fire season this summer. We'll still be dependent on a few well-timed rain showers as summer progresses, but we're off to a pretty good start!
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PAST PROGRESS REPORTS
- September 2008 Update
- August 2008 (end of month) Update
- August 2008 (mid-month) Update
- August 2008 Update
- July 2008 (mid-month 2) Update
- July 2008 (mid-month) Update
- July 2008 Update
- June 2008 (end of month) Update
- June 2008 (mid-month) Update
- June 2008 Update
- May 2008 (end of month) Update
- May 2008 (mid-month 2) Update
- May 2008 (mid-month) Update
- May 2008 Update
- March 2008 Update
- February 2008 Update
- September 2007 Update
- November 2007 Update
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This guy was a recent visitor to Bear Dance, sitting on the ice by the water. He and his buddies (five of them in all) were fighting over a scrap of fish trapped in the ice. See more pictures below.
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