Great article, highly informative. Well researched.
When the snow the algae is on gets into the water, presumably the algae and toxic bacterial friends eating it get carried away with it. I wonder what kind of effect watermellon snow has on water quality?
That is a good question. I will try to remember to research for an answer. It could be that perculation through groundcover might filter it out, but I am not certain at this time.
When I was young, an older hiker told me he had eaten pink snow for over 30 years and it was safe. I tried it in small quantities and found it tasted like a weak watermelon or strawberry taste. I have done this for over 50 years occasionally hiking at high altitudes with no ill effects. A few other people who tried this have never had ill effects as far as I've seen. A very good article here - and I probably wouldn't recommend eating large quantities, but small tastes shouldn't harm you.
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BobSmith - Aug 24, 2010 11:47 am - Voted 10/10
snowI saw watermelon snow on Avalanche Peak this past week in Yellowstone NP.
chrismarks - Aug 27, 2010 2:06 pm - Hasn't voted
Water QualityGreat article, highly informative. Well researched.
When the snow the algae is on gets into the water, presumably the algae and toxic bacterial friends eating it get carried away with it. I wonder what kind of effect watermellon snow has on water quality?
Redwic - Aug 27, 2010 3:09 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Water QualityThat is a good question. I will try to remember to research for an answer. It could be that perculation through groundcover might filter it out, but I am not certain at this time.
montytrey - Sep 21, 2011 8:06 pm - Voted 10/10
ThanksThis was a great article, thanks!
bdviets - Jul 13, 2012 3:14 pm - Hasn't voted
Watermelon or Strawberry SnowWhen I was young, an older hiker told me he had eaten pink snow for over 30 years and it was safe. I tried it in small quantities and found it tasted like a weak watermelon or strawberry taste. I have done this for over 50 years occasionally hiking at high altitudes with no ill effects. A few other people who tried this have never had ill effects as far as I've seen. A very good article here - and I probably wouldn't recommend eating large quantities, but small tastes shouldn't harm you.
Redwic - Jul 13, 2012 9:36 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Watermelon or Strawberry SnowI have never had a problem (yet), either. But some people have very bad reactions to it.
Jerome Hubbard - Dec 11, 2020 3:06 pm - Hasn't voted
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