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color: inherit; text-decoration: none; display: block; white-space: nowrap; margin-left: 1px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949051" title-off=""></a></li></ul></div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949067"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949068"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949069">The first snow survey of the year in the mountains of Trinity County show an abundant snowpack. The thick snow that measured over 9 feet deep at one of the sites was a welcome sight to surveyors who encountered bare dirt during some of their outings in the recent drought years.</div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949070"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949071">Not this year. “We almost didn’t have to take our skis off,” said Josh Smith of the Watershed Research and Training Center, who organizes the snow surveys into the Trinity Alps Wilderness for the state Department of Water Resources.</div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949072"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949073">The team entered the wilderness via the Swift Creek trail on Jan. 27, skiing to Foster Cabin where they set up camp. From there they skied to Red Rock Mountain, Bear Basin and Shimmy Lakes, coming out of the wilderness on Jan. 30.</div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949074"></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949075"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949076">Last year the snowpack in the Alps looked good but had petered out considerably by April when historically it is as its height. Smith said he’d be surprised if there isn’t a decent snowpack this year.</div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949077"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949078">“That much snow, it insulates itself really well,” he said.</div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949079"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949080">The following measurements were taken by Smith’s team and by the U.S. Forest Service in late January and early February:</div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949081"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949082">► Deadfall Lakes at 7,200 feet, 72 inches of snow with 23.5 inches of water content.</div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949083"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949084">► Red Rock Mountain at 6,700 feet, 109.35 inches of snow with 36.1 inches of water content.</div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949085"></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949086"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949087">► Bear Basin at 6,500 feet, 88.6 inches of snow with 27.9 inches of water content.</div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949088"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949089">► Shimmy Lake at 6,400 feet, 97.5 inches of snow with 23.4 inches of water content.</div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949090"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949091">The water content for all those areas combined was at 113 percent of average for Feb. 1. It was at 70 percent of the April 1 average.</div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949092"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949093">Surveys statewide also looked good, with the snowpack measuring 186 percent of average for this time of year, and 117 percent of the April 1 average.</div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949094"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_949095">Further snow surveys will be done in March, April and May.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_948756"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486146778656_948758"><br></div></div></div></body></html>