Show S 'S Snow OW Course COure Moisture Content Above Average I Snow surveys just completed for the March ls period indicate the water content content con con- tent of the snow pack from to per percent cent of average average for this time of year WITH AVERAGE precipitation lion for the rest of the season season there should be a 11 wery very good water year reported Larry S Searle arle of the Soil Cons Conservation S Service who who directed the snow survey The snow survey conducted last week snow cour courses es as follows follow i PARADISE PARK has bas 49 inches of snow with a water content of inches of water The average water content for this date is 94 inches This' This is per percent percent percent cent of average Julius Park has 50 inches of snow with a water content of inches The average is 94 inches This is 16 per percent percent percent cent of normal There has only been one other year on record with a snow pack that had a higher water content than this year 1969 Mosby Mountain has a snow depth of 39 inches with a water awater content of inches The average is 79 inches of water This is per cent of average Brush Creek Drainage King Cabin lower has a a snow depth of 39 inches with a water content of 98 inches The average is 68 inches of wa va- ter This is per percent cent of average King Cabin upper has a snow depth of 42 inches with inches of water The average water content is 79 in inches hes This is per per cent of average The rain gauge at this station caught inches of water from January 1 to March 1 1 The total catch for the rain gauge for forthe forthe forthe the water year from October 1 to now now Is is 1362 inches of water The ave average age catch is inches of water The rain gauge is per cent of f average Grizzly Ridge has a snow depth SS inches with a water content of inches in in- in ches North Nort Slope Snow Courses Burnt Creek has 20 inches of snow with witha a water content of 49 inches The Grizzly Ridge and Burnt Creek Snow courses have not been measured long enough to establish a reliable average but to be about per cent of average Spirit Lake has a snow depth of 45 inches with inches of water The average is 93 inches of water This is per cent of average There has been deeper snow in past years but this year has the highest water content in the snow pack than any other re recorded years HINDERSON PARK has a snow pack of 22 inches with a water content of 64 inches The average is 55 inches of wa of-wa water wa- wa ter This is per cent of average Mike Dondero and Glen Davidson of the Forest Servi Service e and George Cook of the Soil Conservation Service assisted with the snow surveys |