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**Mike P.** · May 2, 2008, 6:59 PM

I concur with Dave, I was just there last week. A couple of weeks will raise the snow line some but unless it rains a ton & it's freakishly warm day & NIGHT (night is key, 24 hour melt cycles melt more than just daylight melting)

Some south facing trails will melt out a little faster & lower areas in hardwoods will be melted but higher fir & spruce areas will have a lot of snow in them. (Between Willey & Field on Sunday (4/27) you could still end up in thigh deep spruce traps.

If I was heading up Lafayette soon, I'd head up OBP since a lot of it does have some type of southern or SW aspect to it.

May 2, 2008, 6:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mike P. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: CT Posts: 1,416	I concur with Dave, I was just there last week. A couple of weeks will raise the snow line some but unless it rains a ton & it's freakishly warm day & NIGHT (night is key, 24 hour melt cycles melt more than just daylight melting) Some south facing trails will melt out a little faster & lower areas in hardwoods will be melted but higher fir & spruce areas will have a lot of snow in them. (Between Willey & Field on Sunday (4/27) you could still end up in thigh deep spruce traps. If I was heading up Lafayette soon, I'd head up OBP since a lot of it does have some type of southern or SW aspect to it. __________________ Happy Trails, be safe & Good Luck Mike P.