Show Recent Snow Survey Reveals La Sal Mountain Water Wader Outlook Good Goad Water outlook is good on the La Sal Mountains for this coming spring Snow surveys were taken on the snow courses courses cour cour- ses es located along the Geyser Pass road Friday February 19 Surveys were taken by Russell Jensen and Kedric Somerville from the Soil Soll Con Con- Service and Ed Edward Edward Edward ward Johnson U U. S. S Forest Service Measurements on the upper up upper per course elevation showed Inches of snow with Inches water content con content tent lent which Is 18 per cent above the average The lower course elevation elevation eleva elevation tion showed Inches of snow with a water content of 78 Inches This Is the same as the 13 year average Edward Johnson reported that hat the snow was melting and because of the wet snow It t took twice as long to make the he surveys this year Snow packed on the tracks of the snow cat used as transportation trans I and made It trans trans-I necessary necessary necessary sary to make the last mile mUe mileto to the upper course on snow I shoes Even the snow shoes I. I became packed with snow snowmaking snowmaking snowmaking making the trip slow stow and very very very ve ve- ry hard going The next survey sur sure vey will be made sometime the latter part of March t Russell Jensen checks depth of snow on upper snow course of the La Sal mountains during recent tour to determine water outlook Snow at the measured Inches with Inches water content 18 18 percent above average he reported |