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Posts tagged: Snow Survey

Forecasting Western Waters – Carrying on a Tradition

This sign is posted at all officials snow course sites.

This sign is posted at all officials snow course sites.

Once a month in winter and spring, snow surveyors from USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) head for the hills to measure the mountain snowpack. These trained observers ski, snowshoe or snowmobile to established snow measurement courses to record snow data the old fashioned way – by hand. Read more »