We have snow! SUNDAYS TOUR HAS SPACE!!!!
Feb 12th Snowshoeing Tour
Today (2/12) the tour moved to our snow pocket on the north slope. Swallow Falls lost a lot of snow and has too many bare spots. Our north slope snow pocket on the other hand is holding a 5-14″ base.
Today’s tour was great and with cold weather and snow tonight and for the next few days potentially conditions will be very good. Get it while you can with us because it can disappear. We are hoping that we have enough to last to the end of the month. Cold nights will help hold the base even if we get warm days.
We are open for SNOWSHOEING!!!!!
- Our Favorite Deep Creek Lake Weather Service – Accuweather
- Our Excellent Garrett College Weather Station – for superb real time Deep Creek Lake weather observation, data, weather history
- Wisp Ski Area Mountain Snow Report
- National Weather Service Forecast for Deep Creek Lake, Maryland
Deep Creek Lake and Garrett County Highway Webcams
- Wisp Resort Webcam
- Local Roads- Live Road Webcams in the Garrett County and Deep Creek Lake Area
- More Deep Creek Lake Webcams
*Snow Stash Pocket: A local gem, off-the-beaten-path spot where the snow lies deep. Over the past 20 years offering snowshoeing trips we have discovered the local geographical locations where the exposure and topography combine to create mini micro climates. In our case, here in Garrett County we are adjacent to the Cranesville Sub Arctic Swamp where you will find a northern arboreal forest plant and annual community similar to the ecology found in far northern Canada. This is caused by a unique geography where the elevation and shape of the mountains creates an extra snowy and cold micro climate. This unique geography and extra cold temperatures is why these plants and animals stayed after the ice age.
We know several fantastic places where there are north facing slopes and protected areas where the snow drifts and lies extra deep. The back country of Swallow Falls is such a place. One 0f our other special areas will hold and maintain a snow pack for weeks after most of the snow has disappeared elsewhere. In fact you can sometimes drive there and see no snow anywhere until you come over the mountain. If we are reporting we are offering tours, we are, regardless if you can’s see ANY snow around you.