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Show Snow Depth is isAbove isAbove isAbove Above NormalIn Normal In La Sal Mts . . The annual snow survey onthe on onthe the onhe La Sal mountains mountams md1cates indicates md1catesthe indicatesthe indicatesthe the snow covering covermg to be wellabove well wellabove wellabove above average Th2 Th & snow depth depthexceeds depthexceeds depthexceeds exceeds the past 10 year aver average average average age by 6 7 inches mches or 19 7 per percent percent percent cent and the water content is 2 7 7mches 7inches 7inches greaterThe mches inches or 27 5 per cent greater The snow depth is 6 of an mch inch mchgreater inchgreater inchgreater greater than in m 1944 and the water wa water water ter content is 1 8 inches mches more morethan morethan than morethan last yearThe yearThe year The snow course is located on onBrumley onBrumley Brumley onBrumley ridge ndge at an elevation of of9000 9000 feet The groundis ground is very verywet verywet verywet wet under the snow covermg covering coveringaccordmg coveringaccording covermgaccordmg accordmg to Forest Ranger Ow Owen Owen Owen en DeSpain DeSpam and Soil SOlI Conserva ConservatIomst Conservatronist Conservationist tIomst tronist C W Zumwalt who con conducted conducted conducted ducted the survey on March 29The 29 29The The following followmg table shows theaverage the theaverage theaverage average depth of snow and wa water water water ter content for the past 10 years Snow yearsSnow Depth Water ContYear Cont ContYear ContYear Year In Inches In Inches 1936 227 22 7 41 4 1 1937 37 371 1 11 112 2 1938 304 30 4 7 77 7 1939 224 22 4 6 68 8 1940 282 28 2 9 93 3 1941 35 350 0 109 1942 488 48 8 152 15 2 21943 194 1943 ; , 347 34 7 104 10 4 1944 1944 194 1 < 40 401 1 107 10 7 1945 407 12 125Average 125 125Average 5 5Average Average 34 0 9 98 98Snow 8 8Snow 8Snow Snow depth in 111 the Bluemountains Bluemountains Blue Bluemountams mountams mountains is also very favora favors favorsble favorable favorable ble according accordmg to the followmg following followmgreport followingreport followingreport report submitted to The Tlmes Times TlmesIndependent TimesIndependent TimesIndependent Independent RangerJulian RangerJuhan by Forest Ranger Juhan Julian R Thomas of MontIcelloMeasurements MonticelloMeasurements Monticello DeeBlack Measurements taken by Dee DeeBlack DeeBlack Black forest guard and ShIrley Thompson ShirleyThompson March 29 on Buck Buckboard Buckboard board Flat snow course on an the theMontIcello theMonticello MontIcello district dlstnct of the La SalNational Sa Sal ] NatIonal forest indicate mdlcate a very veryfavorable favorable snow depth with wlth ahigh a ahIgh ahigh hIgh content of water The average aver average average age of 20 measurements was 66 3inches 3 3mches 3inches mches inches of snow with 196 19 6 mches inches inchesof mchesof inchesof of onlyby water This x IS ISexceeded is ' ' exceeded only by two yearl years year/ year yearm ? > / m tp . 'fhe fhe the ' past 16 161937 1937 had- had haIL hada - asty a gaA i , dWQ dWQof deh RtI ( o472 of 7202 7202mches 72 02 02inches 02inches mches inches with'3 with3 Wlth'a Wltha witha ' ; " ' ' , * w water water 1er conEent COl1tent coi lent of it ( ' f24 24 4 inches mches , . 'best best least ' ' on record and1944 and 1944 last year had 65 1 lo la mches inches mchesof inchesof inchesof of snow with wlth a water content of of20 20 9inches 9 inchesThis inches mches This is very favonble favor\ble favor ble favorible ' \ corn cornparmg cornparing comparing parmg paring it with wlth the long tIme tImeaverage timeaverage timeaverage average The 1930 to 1945 meas measurements measurements measurements urements averaged 43 34 mches inches inchesof mchesof inchesof of snow with a water content of of13 13 65 inches mches the years 1936 to to1945 1945 inclusive mcluslve averaged 40 56inches 56 56mches 56inches mches inches of " snow "now now now with wlth a content of of15 15 23 inches mches of water and the themeasurements themeasurements themeasurements measurements for 1941 to 1945 1945a"erag 1945averaged 1945averaged a"erag aerag averaged " d 52 77 inches mches of snow snowand snowand snowand and 1686 16 86 inches mches of water |