Sentences with phrase «deep snowpack»

Wet winters (such as 2017) tend to stack up a deep snowpack, while dry ones keep it shallow.

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Dewclaws provide certain breeds, such as the basenji and Catahoula leopard dog, gripping power for climbing trees, while dewclaws give the Great Pyrenees balance on rugged mountain terrain while herding sheep, and create a snowshoe effect in deep snowpack.

April 10, 2017 • While the deep snowpack in California's mountains is easing drought concerns, there are still people in the state's rural Central Valley who don't have water running from their taps.

Fernie Alpine Resort boasts by far the deepest snowpack of any ski area in the Rockies, with an average nine metres of annual snowfall.

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And the 2.5 percent that is freshwater is locked up either in soil, remote snowpacks and glaciers or in deep aquifers.

And snowpack isn't the only important water source: deeper groundwater, which is also an component of the region's water supply, takes much longer than a single wet season to replenish.

Snowy December is perfect for tree runs, while January and February provide solid snowpack, long days and some blue bird days with waist deep powder, if you are lucky.

This is a particular worry for areas like the Alps, where snowpack is melting ever - earlier as unseasonably warm temperatures begin earlier in the spring and creep deeper into the fall.

A wet winter and near - record snowpack has left the Sierra Nevada buried in a deep, lingering snow; ski resorts in Northern California are still open.