Show Snow Surveys Indicate Above Average Moist Moisture rt Snow surveys made last week by byL by L Larry rry Searle of the Soil Conservation Service and Henry and Richard Webester of th the tho US U.S. Forest Service show the early fall n storms piled up heavy snow pack in the mountains for J January nuary 1 1 MOSBY MOUNTAIN snow course course- lo lo- located on the Jower portion of the Whiterocks White White- rocks River arid and Dryfork Creek Creek Watershed Watershed Watershed Water Water- shed has 28 inches of snow with a water content of oC 60 inches This is p percent of average Julius Park snow course located on the middle portion of the Whiterocks River River River Ri Ri- ver and Dryfork Creek Watershed has 40 inches of snow with a water content of oC 98 inches This is percent of the tho time long-time average PARADISE PARK NARK snow snow course located located ed on the upper end of the Whiterocks River and Dryfork Creek Watershed has 36 inches of snow with 93 Inches of water This is percent of the thelong long longtime longtime time average Grizzly Ridge snow curse course on on the summet sum sum- met between Big and Little Brush Creek Drainage and Cart Creek Drainage has Continued on page 8 Snow Surveys Continued from page 1 23 Inches of oC snow now with a water content of oC 50 inches of oC water This is percent percent per per- cent of oC the average KING CABIN Upper snow course located located lo 10 lo- lo In the Katie Kane Hollow area has 27 inches of oC snow with a water content of oC 69 Inches of oC snow There Is no January 1 record of oC this snow course but 69 inches of oC water is 87 percent of oC the March 1 I long time average On the north slope at the Burnt Creek snow course which Is on the Carter Creek drainage there are arc 17 Inches of snow with a water content of oC 33 Inches This Is percent of the long time aver age |