March snow cover in the mountains between Tres Piedras and Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico has declined sharply over the past fifty years, and on March 28 this year there was no snow on the ground.
Hopewell (532) – Site Information and Reports
March snow cover at the Los Alamos Ski Area, where I learned to ski, has largely disappeared.
Quemazon (708) – Site Information and Reports
There was still lots of snow there on May 5, 2019.
Extremes happen. Is there data before 1980? If you take off the last year and the first year, the drop isn’t nearly as sharp. I skied at your ski area in the early eighties. It was really meant for the employees of Las Alamos Lab, but I guess the government insisted that they let outsiders ski there, or something. It was not easy for me to find, but once I did, they sold me a ski ticket. It was a very relaxing ski day there, with just a few others.