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Snowfall tops 600 inches at Jackson ski resort

Jeff Vanuga of Dubois kicks up a tele-turn at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in late March. The ski resort recorded more than 600 inches of snow at one of its measuring stations this winter. Their last day of skiing for the year was Sunday. Photo by MARK GOCKE, Star-Tribune correspondent.

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JACKSON (AP) -- Total snowfall has exceeded 600 inches at one of the measuring stations at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. It's the first time in 42 winters that a measuring station there has recorded that much snow.

Sunday was closing day at the resort. Total snowfall measured at the Raymer study station at more than 9,300 feet was 605 inches since last October.

Avalanche forecaster Bob Comey at the Bridger-Teton National Forest Avalanche Center said snowfall totals on the upper mountain were regularly underreported during the resort's early years. He said forecasters wouldn't regularly visit the upper mountain to measure snowfall.

Comey said this winter has been one of the top five seasons in terms of snowfall.


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NC Alumni wrote on Apr 8, 2008 10:57 AM:

" Awesome snow totals..Too bad this doesn't melt and stay in Wyoming Reservoirs...Can we cut a channel or pump it to Boysen or Glendo for the water??? ha ha ha "

Sun Flower Jones wrote on Apr 8, 2008 3:30 PM:

" Hmmm? Global warming Mr. Gore? The UN tells us that we are now in the 10th year of global COOLING. So, which is it?

Please consider this question Mr. Gore while you get richer selling your carbon credits. "

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