Show Water Vater Content of Mountain l Snow Heaviest in Years A National Park Service ski eke parol patrol pa pa- rol party made a survey of the snow conditions over the Marka- Marka gun Plateau or the Cedar Breaks and aud n l Duck Creek area last week eCk and nd found the Ute deepest snows on record ecord Not only did they find a maximum depth of over six and anda a half feet at Cedar Breaks which Is s feet elevation but they also reported depths of nearly five Ive feet down TI as low as 1500 feet as at Harris Flat The most reassuring ress- ress suring feature of the report is i the high water content of the entire snow pack In some cases the snow Is over third one water A summary of the measurements shows sho that at Cedar Breaks feet elevation the snow enow Is 1828 Inches deep with an average water content of 2478 Inches At Duck Creek feet the Ute snow Is Inches deep with a awater awater water content of 2100 inches and at Harris Flat FIat 1500 feet the Uie depth Is Inches with 1790 1750 Inches water content Park rangers who made the patrol patrol pa pa- pa said that skiing conditions were the best they had experienced In three years most of the slopes above feet being covered with powder snow on top tap of a light crust Very little drifting has occurred occurred oc occurred oc- oc so 0 far tar and long smooth runs were to be found everywhere |