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Like so many high-alpine hikes, Cloud’s Rest is best tackled from late June to early October due to snowmelt and access road closures.—Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026 Otherwise, towns and cities are asked to rely upon snowmelt from the mountains as their primary source of water.—Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2026 However, the long-range forecast doesn't account for one-off rapid snowmelt or heavy rain events, which carries the greatest risk of flooding, especially on ground still frozen from winter.—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 25 Mar. 2026 Across California, rivers are running faster and colder than usual after an unusually rapid snowmelt.—Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for snowmelt