Oh, The Weather Outside is Frightful -or- Ain’t It Foggy Outside

The fog today is as thick as pea soup here in the Northern California Sierra foothills, as it has been for the past several days.  We’ve got our fingers crossed more storms settle in for two reasons… push out the fog… and create a massive snowpack, which translates into a great California whitewater rafting season.   

According to a January 5th California Department of Water Resources report, the snowpack in the Sierra Mountains of California is 60 percent of normal, but rain and snow is expected soon and that should raise that figure.

Good news for other areas around the U.S. West where O.A.R.S. provides whitewater rafting trips…

• The Colorado Rockies (Utah rafting) has record-breaking snowfall.
• Idaho received 200% of normal precipitation for month of December, which brings Salmon River Basin to 102% of normal.
• The Snake River (Idaho) basin is at 103% of normal and the Owyhee Basin is at 119% of normal.

Written by Tracy

Writer, Photographer, former Waterblogged Editor