J&A Burbank wrote about his recent Crooked River (Central Oregon) trip
All in All it was a great trip, the weather was such that I didn't need much more then my T-shirt and a light sweat shirt, you would have never guessed that it was the middle of Winter.
Saw a grim report that came out in one of Bend's weekly newspapers...
Local area snowpack is 64% of normal, this is the driest winter in 70 years, and fully half of the nights in January failed to fall below freezing temperature. (32 F, 0 C) They closed one of the smaller local ski areas on top of Santiam Pass because the snowpack was only 22-28 inches.
Can't begin to tell you how unusual this is for this area or how devastating it will be if it continues. Please send a message to whoever is snoozin' at the rain/ snow button.
Wes Wada
Bend, Oregon
