Well, it's fair to say that we've had a less than stellar snow year so far. As a British friend of mine said on a chair lift yesterday, "it's somewhere between shitty and average".

It's snowing lightly as I write this in West Yellowstone where we sit at roughly 80% of average - not bad. However, the Madison River drainage as a whole is around 75% - closer to shitty. Other neighboring watersheds are in a similar boat. The Gallatin is around 82% and the upper-Yellowstone is 75%.

While we're not exactly choking on snow, it's not time to hit the panic button just yet. El Nino years like this are infamous for long, wet Springs. It's not uncommon at all for us to see most of our snow-pack build in March and April on years like these. So, hang in there and keep those fingers crossed for a wet end to our winter season.