"With all the media
hype about the huge winter let’s put it into perspective. Many of the High
Sierra March 1 snow surveys from 2017 were the largest ever measured on the
date. The 2019 measurements have averaged just about 60% of those measured
in 2017. In 2017 March snowfall was lackluster so peak snowpack April 1 was
less then the record years of ‘69 and ‘83. What happens this month will be
decisive as to how the snow year actually ends up but as of now the High
Sierra is a bit over half of what it was in 2017." - John Ditti, California State Snow Surveyor.
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