Thursday, May 4, 2023

Sundance

 One evening while we have been here, Trish and I drove up to Sundance for dinner.  It is only about a fifteen minute drive from where we are staying while working here. After severe draught for several years here, this past winter saw nearly 700 inches of snow. Each day we have watched the snow melt from the mountains but had not had a close-up view until we went here.


When we got to the restaurant at Sundance, we could not see the building from the parking lot.  The accumulated snow almost touched the roof all round the place.  


This is even after so much snow melt that the ground in places is exposed where the sun hits all day.  We wondered what it must have been like in the true depths of winter.

The ski slopes are still white, but with these 70 to 80 degree days, it is melting too fast for skiing.  What we are seeing is lots of flooding down below in the agricultural valleys as the rivers and streams cannot keep up with this much new water.  The Deer Creek Reservoir, near our house, is full,  whereas it has for several years been way below normal.




It is amazing to see nature at work close-up.

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