Snow Hits the Hills

Yesterday brought 4 inches of snow to a drive over Berthoud Pass in Colorado. Today I’m back in Washington, and the snow level is lowering overnight. From the Seattle NOAA forecast…

A COLDER AIR MASS WILL INVADE THE REGION BEHIND THE COLD FRONT ON TUESDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL PLUMMET INTO THE 3500 TO 4000 FOOT RANGE BY LATE IN THE DAY. ELEVATIONS ABOVE THE 4000 FOOT LEVEL IN THE CENTRAL CASCADES COULD PICK UP 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW BY THE ENDOF THE DAY TUESDAY. THUS DO NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME SNOW IN STEVENS PASS. ACCUMULATING SNOW APPEARED UNLIKELY IN SNOQUALMIE PASS.

(Charlie and Elizabeth Lozner prepare for last year’s first run, early in the winter before the lifts turned at Hyak. Photo by Graham Gephart.)