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In the Northwest’s Cascades, there’s snow at high elevations, but it’s scored by vertical lines showing where rain has run downhill.This warm El Niño…
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?April is the traditional start of the whitewater rafting season. The hefty snowpack in the mountains this year is good news for commercial rafting…
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The latest Washington state water supply forecast is out and managers said Monday there’s no reason to believe the state might face drought this…
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Scientists have new cautionary predictions based on the low Northwest snowpack levels of the last two winters.In 2014 and 2015, Oregon’s western Cascades…
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Early this winter, skiers in the Northwest were excited. But then after about Christmas things turned dour. The once-epic snowpack is now long gone. In…
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The early heat wave across most of the Northwest is forecast to start winding down Wednesday. It might have felt nice while it lasted, but the unusual…
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April 1 is, on average, generally considered the date of the peak snowpack in the Northwest. And around now, is when many irrigation districts begin…
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A couple winters ago, a team of Northwest scientists jumped in a pickup and traveled hundreds of miles around the U.S. and Canadian backroads. They were…
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The looming threat of drought next summer has water managers willing to try anything to build up winter snowpack. Idaho and other Western states are…
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Mt. Hood’s Timberline Resort is the only place offering a full summer ski season in North America. But not this year. The resort closed to the public on…