<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Someone asked today about where, on the Web, to monitor snowpack levels in the area of Chama (for a probable 2014 nobo hike). This the site i found: <a href="http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/reports/UpdateReport.html;jsessionid=+vvePUsL9EXxy3izUnyMelu7?report=New+Mexico&format=SNOTEL+Snowpack+Update+Report">http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/reports/UpdateReport.html;jsessionid=+vvePUsL9EXxy3izUnyMelu7?report=New+Mexico&format=SNOTEL+Snowpack+Update+Report</a><br>
<br></div>So for the readings for today, Nov 25th, the site shows that at Cumbres Trestle (which i assume is the pass, because it shows the elevation as 10040 ft)......the snow water equivalent is 6.9 inches, which is a big 47% above the historical mean for Cumbres Trestle for all November 25ths since they've been taking readings. That 6.9 reading is snow water equivalent......so that means there the snow depth, if you poked it with a long stick, could be 20-30 inches....at the pass, since this snow, so new in the season, is less compressed than snow in late Spring.<br>
<br></div>I hope this has been helpful (and accurate!). For 2014 northbounders, there's a whole Colorado SNOTEL site at <a href="http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snotel/Colorado/colorado.html">http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snotel/Colorado/colorado.html</a> with which to keep an eye on snow levels .. .......(and how they are doing versus historical averages/means)<br>
<br></div>best wishes,<br></div>dana<br></div>