Where Has the Snow Gone?

This is Mt. Shasta on Memorial Day.  Seriously.  Memorial Day 2010--the year of epic snowfall in the NorthWest. Tahoe got over 17 feet of snow.  It was the 12th largest snowfall year on the record books since they started keeping track in the late 1800's.

The past few years of trips to the Palisade glacier in the Sierra I have seen it recede in the pictures I have taken, but the most bleak conditions were this past winter 2013/2014.  Last year takes the cake as the post pathetically sad excuse of a climbing/ski season than I can remember.  Global Warming? Bad Luck? You be the judge. Either way I'm hoping we get a better winter this year.