As we are already talking about hiking the Timberline Trail this summer - I thought it was a good time to start looking at the snowpack and when the likely start of the hiking season may be. Of course there are many factors that can impact this. Currently we are running at about 111% of average with a storm or two predicted over the next week or so. How this will melt in the rest of spring or early summer - still to early to tell. But given this it leads to a pretty typical mid to late July time before the trail is snow free for most hikers. There is a little more analysis of this here - hikeit.info/.../how-is-the-sno… I'll keep updating this as the spring progresses.
