Show CITY CREEK CANYONS CANYON'S FIRST SNOW SU SURVEY VEY IS COMPLETED Measurers Have Narrow Escape Es- Es Escape cape From Going With Slide I A. A A. A Justice of ot the local office of oC the United States weather bureau has h. Just returned from City Creek canyon whore h the first snow lIun survey y of the City creek watersheds In hl history tory During the the trip trIp which lasted nearly a week measurements were taken covering approximately teb 2000 acres of oC ground The avera average e measurement for or the thc first three miles in tho canyon according to Mr Justice was five feet with the tho water equivalent of oC 33 aa 3 1 n ncr r e cent cant nt In In In- J a as tiis is the first survey survoy of r the Cit City creek sheds the weather officials are arc unable to determine whether this Is heavier or lighter than In the past However It is heavier than any of or th measurements of the Maple creek water water- 8 sheds east cast of ot where r records I have hwe been taken for several 3 Tho The highest water equivalent recorded on the Maple creek creck sheds was 32 per cent and the lowest 24 per cent Mr Justice and his companion narrowly nar nar- narrowly escaped being carried down the mountain side Idl on a small email slide Friday morning The They were traveling toward City qty Creek canyon canon over oer a a. ridge A blinding blind blind- ing Ins storm prevented them from seeing more than a n f few fw feet In front of them I A drift on which they were walking broke I In front of ot them carrying a block of ol snow long Ions and 15 feet teet deep down the mountain Had they taken one step more both men would have ha been carried down the mountainside In the slide |