I-90 Corridor: Cyrstal Springs Snopark to Alpental Valley

A driving tour of the Pass environs confirmed what we feared: we're losing what little snow we had. Clouds limited our ability to see higher in the terrain, but down low, the snow is basically gone. Trailheads were mostly muddy messes. 

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What little snow there was near road level was quickly washing away today in the heavy rain. Trailheads were either bare, wet, and muddy, or they contained a half inch of very wet, muddy slush. Either way it's grim!
Low clouds limited visibility to below about 4800ft. Very wet heavy snow was dusting the trees and rocks at lower elevations, but not really accumulating. The dusting increased above about 3500ft, but it still was very thin and not continuous. 
Impressive amounts of water were visible everywhere. Standing water existed in nearly every depression. Waterfalls roared on most rocky slopes. Rivers were running high and fast. It's not a lack of precipitation that's leading to the non-existant snowpack. It's the warm temperatures. 
We didn't see sufficient snow on any lower elevation slope to produce avalanches. Not surprisingly, it doesn't appear like there's an avalanche hazard at all down low. 

Where does recreatable snow begin? We couldn't see that high today.