The biggest factors determining the effects on electricity are annual temperature changes and the change in peak snowpack melt and stream flow.
Decreased snowpack and earlier runoff will decrease stream flow.
Snowpack is the seasonal accumulation of slow-melting snow.
It is important to note that some of these trails depend on sufficient snowpack.
Skis and snow shoes are less likely to collapse subnivean space if the snowpack is deep enough.
This limitation of light transmission through the snowpack decreases light availability under the snow.
The energy balance of the snowpack itself is dictated by several heat exchange processes.
Variations in substrate, topography, moisture, and snowpack depth and duration determine the vegetation community.
