Show snow measurements made in parowan carowan 0 the first report on snow and water conditions in the parowan carowan moun bains was brought in thursday by vern and leonard orton who made a trip on to the yankee meadow reservoir by way of the first lefthand left hand canyon snow at the gun and rod hod cabin on the north end of the reservoir measures 44 inches according to their report other measurements taken from the box elder spring near the head of the canyon to the yankee dam are as follows box elder spring 22 inches 9 inches of which is new snow fallen in the past week and still fluffy bowery valley at the hoosier takeoff 34 inches forest service drift fence in the middle of the valley 34 inches ed ward flat 33 inches tim her ber above ed ward hat flat 37 inches gun and rod cabin 44 inches 12 inches of which is new light snow snow depth on the ice over the reservoir averages 16 inches the snow except for the top snow which is is new was reported firm but not packed were necessary from the mouth of the first lefthand left hand to the dam no part of the road being free from snow and south slopes of hills were all reported as being covered nine marks were showing above the ice on the reservoir companas comp anys measuring pipe indicating that only about 4 feet more water will be necessary before the overflow is reached water is reported still running over the hogs back a condition that existed for many years to our knowledge A small smaller er stream is leaving the yankee this year than has been in the past few years when other measurements were taken last season measurements were taken on march 30 and indicated 32 inches of snow at the south end of the reservoir the snow at th that at time being packed sufficiently to hold a man up without breaking through no deer tracks were seen by those who made the report above the hogs back indicating that they are still in the low hills |