Backcountry.com posted a comparison of early January snowpack from last season (2011) versus this season (2012). That was a cool graphic, but it was also a little misleading because last season was soooooooo (so!) good with tons of snow.

Instead, let's compare early January against the last three seasons. While this (2012) year is still much below normal, you can see that January 2010 wasn't so hot either. One place that has had consistently deep snowpack by early January is northern Washington State and south/west British Columbia. Hmmm...maybe it's time to chase more snow!

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