Wednesday, the clouds brought some late-season snow into the Cascades as we spring into April.

The late snowfall means ski season will end when it usually does.

Karter Riach with the Summit at Snoqualmie said, “The snow level hasn’t dropped down to base elevation until today, but the top of Alpental has received about 18” of new snow over the prior seven days. We weren’t expecting to see much snow today, but Mother Nature has surprised us once again, and it’s snowed about 6” so far at base elevation, which helps build our snowpack up after losing quite a bit to the recent warm period.”

It was a troubled winter, which started with lower snow than normal. The late-season snow will also help our snowpack, which we depend on for our water and energy supply. However, recent data from the USDA shows snowpack is already melting away.
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