SNOW COURSE: MENTASTA PASS
ID NUMBER = 43N01
ELEVATION = 2430 ft.
LATITUDE = 62 deg. 54 min.
LONGITUDE = 143 deg. 40 min.
REMARKS - RELOCATED SHORT DISTANCE IN 1980 DUE TO ROAD WIDENING IN PASS; NO OVERLAP RECORD, BUT CORRELATION PROBABLY EXCELLENT. NOW AMONG SCATTERED SPRUCE AND MIXED WILLOW/BIRCH. MINOR WIND EFFECTS.
year/ January February March April May
date dep swe date dep swe date dep swe date dep swe date dep swe
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62 EST 31 7.2 3/01 33 8.4 4/01 40 9.8 4/28 36 9.5
63 EST 25 4.8 3/02 27 5.6 4/02 39 8.2 5/01 29 8.4
64 EST 11 2.1 3/04 18 2.4 4/01 25 3.4 4/30 26 5.4
65 EST 15 2.9 3/01 21 3.4 3/30 16 3.6 4/29 10 2.4
66 EST 22 4.2 2/28 27 4.9 3/29 24 4.7 5/01 22 5.3
67 EST 22 4.2 2/28 25 4.9 3/31 32 7.1 4/29 26 7.2
68 EST 29 5.7 2/28 33 6.7 3/28 28 7.3 4/29 22 6.1
69 EST 9 1.7 2/27 13 2.0 3/26 19 2.8 4/29 0 0.0
70 EST 11 2.2 2/25 14 2.6 3/31 15 3.0 4/29 8 1.6
71 EST 29 5.7 3/02 33 6.7 3/31 29 6.8 5/03 26 7.7
72 1/27 34 7.2 2/29 37 8.2 3/28 41 10.3 4/26 38 11.1
73 1/31 30 6.8 2/28 33 7.4 3/29 31 7.7 5/01 26 7.4
74 1/30 17 2.9 2/27 27 4.7 4/01 31 6.4 4/29 22 6.9
75 1/29 28 5.1 2/27 24 5.2 4/01 25 5.5 5/02 19 5.4
76 1/29 15 2.3 2/26 16 3.0 3/30 19 3.6 5/01 1 0.3
77 1/26 29 5.7 3/02 33 7.7 3/31 44 9.6 4/27 32 9.7
78 2/02 20 3.5 2/27 19 3.6 3/30 19 3.7 4/27 4 1.8
79 EST 34 8.4 2/26 39 9.8 3/30 43 11.4 4/30 27 8.7
80 1/30 19 4.2 2/28 15 3.2 3/26 19 3.7 4/29 8 1.8
81 1/28 8 1.4 2/23 16 2.5 3/31 14 3.1 4/28 8 1.6
82 1/28 19 4.1 2/25 22 4.8 3/29 29 6.4 4/28 23 5.3
83 1/26 22 4.7 2/28 24 4.9 3/27 23 5.1 5/02 4 1.1
84 1/30 24 5.2 3/04 27 6.4 4/03 23 6.1 4/28 19 5.5
85 1/27 27 6.3 2/25 29 6.6 3/25 39 10.7 4/29 35 11.7
86 1/29 14 2.0 2/26 18 3.9 3/26 24 4.5 5/02 16 4.1
87 1/28 18 3.5 2/25 20 4.4 3/30 20 4.9 4/30 15 4.4
88 1/27 20 3.5 3/01 28 5.9 4/01 29 7.4 4/30 18 4.8
89 EST 31 6.5 2/28 32 7.0 3/28 41 9.6 4/29 15 5.2
90 1/31 31 7.4 2/28 42 8.9 3/28 38 10.1 5/01 17 6.1
91 2/02 30 7.3 3/01 31 7.8 3/28 42 9.7 5/01 22 8.1
92 1/30 24 5.5 3/01 23 5.7 3/29 27 6.4 4/30 17 5.7
93 1/28 33 5.8 3/01 30 6.8 3/29 29 7.5 4/30 10 3.4
94 1/28 33 7.8 2/28 34 8.6 3/30 30 8.3 4/27 0 0.0
95 1/31 24 4.8 2/27 28 5.4 3/28 27 6.4 4/27 0 0.0
96 2/01 9 1.3 2/28 21 3.8 3/25 27 5.7 4/29 11 3.8
97 1/30 24 5.2 2/26 25 5.8 4/03 27 6.4 4/30 12 3.7
98 1/26 17 2.4 3/02 21 4.2 3/31 20 4.2 4/27 9 3.5
99 1/25 18 2.1 2/24 15 2.5 3/31 16 3.0 4/29 8 2.4
00 1/27 33 6.5 2/29 29 7.6 3/28 28 7.6 4/26 22 6.3
01 1/29 21 4.1 2/27 26 5.4 3/28 25 5.3 4/30 13 3.1
02 1/30 25 3.4 2/27 18 3.7 4/01 20 4.4 4/30 17 4.4
03 1/28 19 3.5 2/25 25 5.3 3/26 28 6.2 4/29 9 2.6
04 1/28 16 2.9 2/24 18 3.4 3/30 22 4.5 4/29 6 2.2
05 2/01 38 8.4 2/28 43 9.9 3/28 43 10.4 4/25 29 6.9
FIRST OF MONTH MEASUREMENTS
1971-2000 average (estimated if less than 30 years) depth and swe (snow water equivalent) :
24 4.8 26 5.8 28 6.7 16 4.8
SNOW COURSE: MENTASTA PASS
ID NUMBER = 43N01
ELEVATION = 2430 ft.
LATITUDE = 62 deg. 54 min.
LONGITUDE = 143 deg. 40 min.
REMARKS - RELOCATED SHORT DISTANCE IN 1980 DUE TO ROAD WIDENING IN PASS; NO OVERLAP RECORD, BUT CORRELATION PROBABLY EXCELLENT. NOW AMONG SCATTERED SPRUCE AND MIXED WILLOW/BIRCH. MINOR WIND EFFECTS.
year/ June October November December
date dep swe date dep swe date dep swe date dep swe date dep swe
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97 11/24 15 1.6
98 12/01 9 1.3
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