Posted by tomorrow@erols.com on May 21, 2011, 8:44 pm
> So it rained all last week but today it is all blue skies and
> sunshine, time for a ride.
> I decided on a short jaunt up Little Cottonwood to Alta. The main road
> between Snowbird and Alta was closed so I had to take the bypass road.
> The car in front of me slowed down and I saw the driver looking out
> his window. I looked in the same direction and saw what he was looking
> at, a giant avalanche. Pretty awesome, I'd never seen one live before.
> Anyway I guess that was why the main road was closed. When I got to
> Alta and looked around there were signs of avalanches everywhere. They
> must have gotten near a foot of snow the past day or two. Not a bare
> spot to be found, the roofs still had 4 feet of snow.
Is that normal for late May, or out of the ordinary?
Posted by Vito on May 22, 2011, 8:29 pm
> Is that normal for late May, or out of the ordinary?
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http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/flood-fears-west_2011-05-20
Same happened circa 1951/52 (My last year in Utah). Jr/sr High school
closed so we could fill sand bags and turn some streets into rivers. That
was then .....
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> sunshine, time for a ride.
> I decided on a short jaunt up Little Cottonwood to Alta. The main road
> between Snowbird and Alta was closed so I had to take the bypass road.
> The car in front of me slowed down and I saw the driver looking out
> his window. I looked in the same direction and saw what he was looking
> at, a giant avalanche. Pretty awesome, I'd never seen one live before.
> Anyway I guess that was why the main road was closed. When I got to
> Alta and looked around there were signs of avalanches everywhere. They
> must have gotten near a foot of snow the past day or two. Not a bare
> spot to be found, the roofs still had 4 feet of snow.