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Interactive Snow and Wildflower Forecast Map

6/4/2014

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Check out this amazing new map to forecast when peak flowering will occur. A colleague of ours, Mark Raleigh, has developed a snow and wildflower forecast viewer. It uses the Google Earth interface which allows you to zoom in and out of precise areas. This is a super exciting tool because you are able to view snow disappearance dates, and peak flowering dates for many of our focal species. It is still a work in progress, so we would love feedback on what you like and what you think needs improving. Take a look at the Interactive Map and tell us what you think in the comments!

*You do need to have the Google Earth plugin installed on your browser, but that only takes a minute.

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Yonit Yogev
7/12/2014 03:18:49 am

Went for our scheduled hike yesterday and found we were stopped by dangerous melting snow at the creek right after site #2. I imagine it will melt out pretty quickly, but for the next day or two, I'd not recommend attempting it. The snow was melting in such a way that there were lots of bridges, and it was pretty impossible to tell how strong they were and the water was clearly running pretty hard underneath. We actually went back with some slightly better gear, but when we staked it out more carefully, we came to the conclusion that it wasn't worth the risk!

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Anna
7/23/2014 07:33:54 am

Thanks for the update Yonit!

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Cameron Nash link
7/10/2022 02:15:18 am

Thank you for sharingg

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