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.
Posted in State-and-regional on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 12:00 am
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