Is the “lake effect” responsible for “The Greatest Snow on Earth”? And what will it mean for skiing if the lake dries up?
Ski areas attribute ‘The Greatest Snow on Earth’ to the lake effect, but its impact may not be as great as believed.
“But still provides, on average, about 6% of the annual snowfall at the resorts in the Cottonwood Canyons, with amounts greatest in October and November.” As for the quality of snow, both Thayer and Steenburgh agreed that the demise of the Great Salt Lake would likely cause only an incremental slip. Steenburgh attributed Utah’s prized snow to three factors, none of which are dependent upon the Great Salt Lake: 1. The area receives many storms that are neither too big nor too small; 2. The water content of the snow is low ; and 3. The snow tends to fall “right-side-up” because it starts falling in warmer temperatures, creating a denser layer on the bottom, and continues falling while the temperatures drop for the powder on top.
Plus, the 30-40 inches the lake contributes is still 30-40 inches, and each morsel of moisture is becoming exponentially more welcome as Utah experiences the effects of climate change, including drought conditions. Any natural snow that falls will reduce the amount resorts have to manufacture, which in turn reduces the amount of water they are pulling from mountain reservoirs that are also shrinking.
And that water health, and the impact of climate change in general on Utah’s snowfall in the future, isn’t good, Steenburgh said.
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