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They're trying to clear US 34, Trail Ridge Road across Rocky Mountain National Park in time for the traditional Memorial Day opening. I don't think they're going to make it with the record-setting mountain snows this season.

Impressive!  I won't be out that way until August and I trust it will be clear by then :)

Been a snowy season here in the Cascades; 180% to 225% of normal snow pack.

Craig,

In the (somewhat) distant past I used to make yearly trips to camp in the Rocky Mountain National Park and go on all-day high altitude hikes. One year in early August a snow squall went through and the ground was white for at least a few minutes. Ma Nature at her finest! 

My wife and I used to live in a cabin near the old gold mining town of Ward, CO, elevation 9,700', some 25 miles west of Boulder.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward,_CO

I saw it snow every month of the year, except for July, when we had sleet during a summer t'storm. Snow begins in early September, finally melts in late June.

You had to be younger and crusty to live up there. And know how to toss shoes around a spike.

Gee, I just came in from planting the garden. You can keep all that snow out there.

The last two winters here in Western Pa. seemed worse than 5 yrs ago. And TWO 24 inch storms in Washington DC is VERY unusual for them.

Global Warming is real. Weather patterns are changing your 'typical' weather.

Send the snow by plane to Texas where it has burning. That should help. Or load some planes up with water from the Mississippi River floods. That makes sense.

Back in 1972 while living near Chicago we took a trip to Co Springs to visit a friend who moved there to work at a TV station. Anyway at one point in the 10 days of sightseeing in his Toyota Land Cruiser we crossed the Continental Divide, pulled over and had a snowball fight. This was mid August.

Carl

Where the heck is all of the global warming we're supposed to be experiencing???  I was kind of looking forward to it!  Geesh!!!!  Rain, Rain, Rain and COLD here in N.E.  Have only been to the lake TWICE this season.  Last year was a beautiful, warm spring.

Had these pics taken back in '60 during a trip out west. That was on the way to Table Rock mt between Shuksan and Baker in Washington.

First pic shows the snowbank, second, a closeup of me and one of members of the quartet I traveled with, third is a pic I took with mt Shuksan reflection. That was in July of '60

Al

Flooding in Montana....Around Billings...We were hunting in the Yellowstone river valley 2 weeks ago and every low spot had standing water and ducks...Ft Peck dam had the spillway gates open...They have only opened them 4 times since the dam was built in the 30's ....Last time was in 1997...Missouri river was right at the top as was every other river we crossed....Good luck with that snow Bill.....

I remember Ward, Co, Bill!  

The first time was on a motorcycle trip in 1970.  We stopped in at the local "resturant" and they told us most of the guys worked in the silver mines. It was a hippie paradise back then.

The second time was in 1987. It appeared more desolate at that time.

I really enjoyed visiting those old mining towns.  One time I hiked up to an abandoned gold mine on the side of a mountain with Yaz I. I spent a few hours looking through the rocks for gold. Wouldn't ya know it I found a rock about the size of an orange that had a layered vein of gold through it. It was mostly thin surface layered and worth little, but was quite a thrill.

T