The lifted stem is some kind of ancient ski turn. Its modern adaptation helps to get 'em to come around in difficult, backcountry snow.
Monday, March 16, 2015
Snow in Pinkham Notch, 1940-2015
Last year on March 31, I posted that the 2013 - 2014 winter season (Nov-March) was the 6th snowiest at Pinkham in 45 years, 155" total snowfall. Abundant snowfall usually means an impressive spring snowpack. Last season the record showed 50" on the ground on March 31st:
Only four times since 1969 has Pinkham recorded 50" or more snow on the ground at the end of March: 2014 - 50", 2001 - 61", 1971 - 58", and 1969 - 80".
So you think it's been a snowy 2014-2015 winter? Granted, the snow was pretty darn good in the Whites (170" for Pinkham), but what of the Pinkham Notch snowpack at the end of March 2015? Only 13" on the ground; March 31.
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/datasets/GHCND/stations/GHCND:USC00276818/detail
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