Farmer’s Almanac agrees with my Colorado hiking

The Farmer’s Almanac (NOT the Old Farmer’s Almanac) says expect a below-normal winter in much of the country this year.

Well, my vacation hiking experience these past 11 days included Trail Ridge Road, U.S. 34/36 across the Continental Divide in Rocky Mountain National Park, being closed due to snow/sleet/ice Aug. 15, and getting sleeted on from 14,433 down to 13,200 or so while coming down from Colorado’s Mt. Elbert Aug. 22.

Rangers at RMNP, where the road was originally closed from 11,500 to the summit of about 12,200, then the closure dropped to just over 11,000 feet, agreed that this was early even for the high Rockies.

Interestingly, though, the Almanac says the far west could be in line for near-normal temps.

Besides that, the more scientific National Weather Service disagrees, predicting warmer-than-normal temps for most the country. But, CO2 is about weather volatility, as well as global warming

Oh, pics of my hike up Elbert, and the rest of my vacation hikings, in coming days.