Utah Mountains Receive Record Snow Fall

Moab’s La Sal Mountains are the major part of South Easter Utah snowpack which currently stands at 199% of normal. This will make for a big watter year for Moab’s river rafting companies.

Richard Markosian

March 24, 2019

Record snow fall in Utah

Record Snow Fall

Over 100 inches of snow fall in February. March is also proving to be very vet month.

How is this impacting Moab small businesses?

Several Moab business owners including Karen Whipple say February proved to be extremely slow, especially compared to last year in Moab. This was due to the cold and the snow which was on the ground longer than residents had seen it there in years.

Mid-March business picked up significantly due to Canyonlands Marathon and regularly scheduled plans of many visitors.

Moab’s La Sal Mountains are the major part of South Easter Utah snowpack which currently stands at 199% of normal. This will make for a big watter year for Moab’s river rafting companies including Canyon Vojages, NAVTEC Expeditions, Moab Adventure Center, Sheri Griffith Expeditions, Oars, Adrift Adventures and a few more.

Record snow fall : Joey the Irish Setter in the snow

Utah Stories Regular Moab Section

Consequently, due to this excess snow, we were unable to bring you our regularly scheduled Moab story. Instead, we present some nice photos of my dogs in Millcreek Canyon in the 100″ of snow that dumped there in February.

Valley floor of Moab received about 24″ of snow in February. This prevented us from photographing our planned story.

Our Moab section will begin in April.

Record snow fall : Scamps the Golden Retriever in the snow

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Richard Markosian

I am a story teller and journalist. I have a passion for farmers, local craftspeople, and folks who aspire to create, build and grow their business in the local marketplace. Why local? By supporting locally-owned businesses we create more opportunity for entrepreneurs, and we claim our sovereignty to shape our communities how we want to see them. I aspire to build Utah Stories Magazine into a household Utah name, and assist Utah businesses and makers with marketing. On the journalism side of things my passion is investigative journalism that offers true insight into issues. I believe strongly in the forth estate: strong, meaningful, insightful journalism is essential to a free market Democracy.