{"id":215,"date":"2009-02-06T07:23:58","date_gmt":"2009-02-06T14:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/?p=215"},"modified":"2019-11-08T10:26:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T17:26:42","slug":"snowpack-way-below-normal-in-lassen-volcanic-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/06\/snowpack-way-below-normal-in-lassen-volcanic-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Lassen Volcanic National Park Snowpack Way Below Normal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Snow levels (snowpack or snow pack) in Lassen Volcanic National Park are far below normal for this time of year in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s no surprise to any of us who live in Northern California mountains or visit them on a regular basis: snowpack is way below normal. I live on the north side of Mount Shasta. The mighty mountain itself has been a bit bare this winter, and one of my personal fave peaks, <a href=\"https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/30\/hiking-black-butte-trail-shasta\/\">Black Butte<\/a>, has just a few patches of white, and it&#8217;s usually totally cloaked in early February.<\/p>\n<h2>Lassen Volcanic National Park Snow pack<\/h2>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some February 2009 snowpack data from Lassen Volcanic National Park from an article in the Redding <em>Record Searchligh<\/em>t:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We are melting, and we shouldn&#8217;t be melting,&#8221; said Karen Haner, spokeswoman at Lassen Volcanic National Park.<\/p>\n<p>Known for its hefty snowfall, the park east of Redding is light on snow despite the 7 feet stacked around Lake Helen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There should be another 5 feet or so,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The situation is the same on the typically snow-heavy slopes of Mt. Shasta. Snowshoeing through sunshine Tuesday, Shasta-Trinity National Forest workers surveyed snow around Horse Camp &#8211; at 7,900 feet on the mountain&#8217;s west side.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers they found are in line with other skimpy snowpacks around the north state, most of which are below half of average for this time of year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Unless there is a statistically improbable major amount of precip from now through May (unlikely due to a La Nina situation in equatorial Pacific Ocean), we will see another summer of drought and prime conditions for more wildfires and smoky skies, which will <a href=\"https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/09\/hiking-trails-lassen-volcanic-national-park\/\">impact hiking in Lassen Volcanic National Park<\/a> and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>One obvious consequence of low snowpack is that the trails will be open sooner. My plan is to hit the high country early, as soon as the snow melts.<\/p>\n<p>I hope it&#8217;s temporary, but for now it looks like June is the new July.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How will the expected drought in Northern California affect your hiking plans this year?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snow levels (snowpack or snow pack) in Lassen Volcanic National Park are far below normal for this time of year in 2009. It&#8217;s no surprise to any of us who live in Northern California mountains or visit them on a regular basis: snowpack is way below normal. I live on the north side of Mount [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[264,113],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-215","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-environment-and-northern-california-hiking-trails","7":"category-lassen-volcanic-national-park-hiking-and-backpacking-trails","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lassen Volcanic National Park Snowpack Way Below Normal - Northern California Hiking Trails<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/06\/snowpack-way-below-normal-in-lassen-volcanic-national-park\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lassen Volcanic National Park Snowpack Way Below Normal - Northern California Hiking Trails\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Snow levels (snowpack or snow pack) in Lassen Volcanic National Park are far below normal for this time of year in 2009. 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