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What's really interesting, there seems to be no avoiding the melt as it peaks at different times. For instance, the Kern seems to peak around May 1st and the Merced about June 1st. I assume that at peak melt, snow is melting at both high and low altitudes. But it really makes me question the idea that early season hikers are missing the worst of the melt. For the southern sierra that doesn't seem to be the case. One thing seems certain, all the rivers peak before June 15th in an average year.
Oh well, this is all new to me at the moment.
With that, here are some preliminary graphs showing the melt in roughly south to north order for the historical average, 2015 (very dry year) and 2017 (very wet year).










-postholer
