Rockies' Snowpack Shrinking

http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/sgw_read.asp?id=429111212006

Rockies' Snowpack Shrinking
by: Paul Foy 1 December 2006

The Rocky Mountains are seeing more rain than snow at the start and end of winter, an indication of global warming, an expert said.

Another sign of climate change: The spring snow melt is starting a week earlier than it did 50 years ago.

Both trends could shorten the ski season.

The Rockies, however, are expected to handle the changes better than New England, where low-elevation ski areas are more vulnerable to dwindling snowpacks.

And Utah and Colorado's ski areas, commonly found near 10,000 feet in elevation, could benefit from feeble winters in the East.

"They won't be able to ski in New England. They'll have to come to Utah," said Kevin Trenberth, a climate expert who gave a lecture Wednesday at the University of Utah.

Trenberth, head of the climate-analysis section of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., said climate change could make the arid West even drier, setting loose other problems.


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The soil gets drier and drier... bad times ahead

encoded in our DNA.

what will they do? Blame Bill Clinton?

As do many hundreds of thousands if not millions of average Americans. Many (Like me) save all year in order to take a ski vacation.

Insinuating it is only the "Rich" that ski is inaccurate.

Maybe those in New England could make do with hiking, cycling or running in order to get their exercise and maybe learn to appreciate (gasp!) the natural beauty of New England.

I should think that sights, sounds and smells of rural New England are far superior to the smell of burnt jet fuel as a planeload of skiers takes off, destination: Utah.

Of course I live in Michigan and there ain't nowhere prettier than here. :) :)

and I've never been skiing but it is beautiful around here, especially the parts of the state that are more rural/country. Been to Vermont and New Hampshire and they are less populated, more rural than CT and extremely beautiful. Went on summer vacation this year to N.H. and saw the White Mountains. Largest mountain range around here, everything else is hills. Last year we hardly had a winter, not much snow. As a kid I remember it snowing much more in the winters. We even had a blizzard when I was just a few years old, in the 1970's. Something is definitely going on. I would recommend all of us New Englanders stay here and not put more pollution in the air by driving, taking a plane to Utah or Colorado. Lots of things to do in New England. I don't know about the rest of the country but I love having all 4 equal seasons here. Too bad the seasons are going to combine together one day. Just last week we had one day that was 65 degrees, in late Novemeber!:(

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