SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS RADIO) – Yosemite National Park is walking the line between epic snowfall and torrential snow melt.
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The park service is preparing for high water with warmer temperatures this spring and summer.
The snowpack for the Merced River Basin is at 241%, almost two and a half times a quote on quote "normal year." That means more than double the amount of water will flow through the valley.
Yosemite spokesman Scott Gediman said the park service is coordinating with other agencies to forecast when and how the snow will melt.
"A lot of different things can happen, again, with the huge snowpack," he told KCBS Radio. "It just depends on the snowmelt, the rate of the snowmelt and the timing of it."
For now, officials are focusing on reinforcing spots that are historically flood-prone. "With everything from sandbags, to seeing if we can shore up any sort of places where water goes," said Gediman.
Yosemite National Park is still being dug out from feet of snow that blanketed the valley over the winter and into the spring. "It's that really unique intersection of time where we're still doing the damage assessment, we're welcoming visitors and preparing for not only potential high water, but also the summer season," Gediman explained.
The park is open to visitors and its dozens of iconic waterfalls are an incredible sight to see.
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