Dry Canyon from the edge of USU campus (short telephoto)

is that frost or snow ralph? rain is the order of the day here in northern england,a months rain has fallen in Cumbria in 36 hours!widespread flooding and bridges collapsing,warm air travelling up from the Azores is to blame.i find it fascinating the extreme weather patterns we now seem to experience,is your weather showing any signs of unusual patterns?take care steve from liverpool england!

steandeb,

That is new snow.

In the part of the Rocky Mountains where I live (Idaho, and formerly Utah), snow usually begins to appear on the mountains in September.

The snowline gradually lowers with passing storms. However, this is not a smooth process. For example, the mountaintops are often whitened by a storm in September, but after a week all of the snow melts. A new storm will place the snow lower. All, or most of it might melt again, and so forth.

Some winters there is not much snow in the valleys. Others it is half a meter deep or more.

I'm sorry to hear of the flooding in Cubria. Steady rain of that magnitude is very rare in Utah and Idaho.

Hi Steve and Ralph -- it does seem like the west coast has been getting more severe winter storms the last few years -- and more drought in the summer -- fits the pattern predicted by some global warming models.

Happy trails, Bruce

Beautifull landscape !!!