B A S I N S U M M A R Y OF
S N O W C O U R S E D A T A
FEBRUARY 2000
SNOW COURSE ELEVATION DATE SNOW WATER LAST AVERAGE
DEPTH CONTENT YEAR 1961-90
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SNAKE RIVER BASIN
ASTER CREEK 7750 1/26/00 51 15.4 22.7 20.0
BASE CAMP SNOTEL 7030 2/01/00 --- 10.8 15.5 12.5
BASE CAMP 7030 1/27/00 46 12.0 17.2 13.9
BLACK BEAR PILLOW 7950 2/01/00 --- 20.6 31.7 24.5
BLIND BULL SNOTEL 8900 2/01/00 --- 16.8 18.1 19.0
BRYAN FLAT 6420 1/28/00 20 4.8 6.1 6.3
CCC CAMP 7000 1/26/00 32 7.7 7.8 8.3
COTTONWOOD CR SNOTEL 7700 2/01/00 --- 14.1 14.0 14.0
DARBY CANYON 8250 2/02/00 46 13.4 15.4 15.4
EAST RIM DIV SNOTEL 7930 2/01/00 --- 6.8 8.5 9.3
ELBO RANCH 7100 1/31/00 29 6.5 7.8 8.1
FOUR MILE MEADOWS 7860 1/27/00 29 6.7 9.0 8.9
GLADE CREEK 7040 1/26/00 47 12.2 18.0 15.6
GRASSY LAKE SNOTEL 7270 2/01/00 --- 18.5 27.2 23.0
GREYS BOUNDARY 5720 1/26/00 29 8.0 7.4 7.9
GROS VENTRE SNOTEL 8750 2/01/00 --- 5.9 9.4 10.6
GROVER PARK DIVIDE 7000 1/31/00 26 6.3 7.2 7.9
HUCKLEBERRY DIVIDE 7300 1/26/00 46 11.1 15.9 14.4
JACKPINE CREEK 7350 2/02/00 42 12.1 15.5 14.6
LEWIS LAKE SNOTEL 7850 2/01/00 --- 14.0 25.6 22.8
LEWIS LAKE DIVIDE 7850 --- 27.3
MORAN 6750 1/27/00 32 8.0 10.1 9.3
PHILLIPS BENCH SNOT. 8200 2/01/00 --- 13.9 19.6 19.4
POISON MEADOWS 8500 --- 19.6
SALT RIVER SNOTEL 7600 2/01/00 --- 7.9 8.7 9.0
SNAKE RIVER STATION 6920 1/26/00 43 10.8 15.7 14.0
SNOW KING MTN 7660 1/28/00 29 7.9 9.6 10.1
SPRING CRK. SNOTEL 9000 2/01/00 --- 15.3 16.6 18.2
TETON PASS W.S. 7740 2/01/00 46 14.4 20.4 17.3
THUMB DIVIDE 7980 1/26/00 32 7.9 13.1 13.5
TOGWOTEE PASS SNOTEL 9580 2/01/00 48 12.3 19.7 16.9
TURPIN MEADOWS 6900 1/27/00 26 5.8 9.2 7.6
TWO OCEAN SNOTEL 9240 2/01/00 --- 14.3 24.0 18.3
WILLOW CREEK SNOTEL 8450 2/01/00 --- 16.9 19.6 21.0
UPPER YELLOWSTONE & MADISON RIVER BASINS
BLACK BEAR PILLOW 7950 2/01/00 --- 20.6 31.7 24.5
CANYON SNOTEL 8090 2/01/00 --- 8.3 12.2 8.3
FISHER CREEK PILLOW 9100 2/01/00 --- 20.6 27.4 24.2
FISHER CREEK 9100 --- ---
LAKE CAMP 7780 1/31/00 27 6.8 9.2 6.1
LUPINE CREEK 7380 1/28/00 22 4.5 8.0 6.9
MADISON PLT PILLOW 7750 2/01/00 --- 11.0 22.9 16.1
MADISON PLATEAU 7750 --- ---
NORRIS BASIN 7500 1/31/00 19 5.5 8.6 8.0
N.E. ENTRANCE PILLOW 7350 2/01/00 --- 7.3 8.6 6.4
NORTHEAST ENTRANCE 7350 1/31/00 28 7.2 8.8 6.5
OLD FAITHFUL 7400 1/27/00 33 7.3 12.8 10.8
PARKERS PEAK SNOTEL 9400 2/01/00 --- 11.3 16.5 14.3
SYLVAN LAKE SNOTEL 8420 2/01/00 --- 11.8 18.8 14.9
THUMB DIVIDE 7980 1/26/00 32 7.9 13.1 13.5
TWENTY-ONE MILE 7150 1/31/00 34 10.1 14.2 11.7
TWO OCEAN SNOTEL 9240 2/01/00 --- 14.3 24.0 18.3
WEST YELL'ST PILLOW 6700 2/01/00 --- 5.2 9.7 7.8
WEST YELLOWSTONE 6700 1/30/00 25 5.6 8.2 7.8
WIND RIVER BASIN
BLUE RIDGE 9620 1/28/00 21 4.6 6.0 7.9
BURROUGHS CRK SNOTEL 8750 2/01/00 --- 7.5 11.8 10.4
BURROUGHS CREEK 8750 --- 9.7
CASTLE CREEK 8400 1/27/00 16 3.5 5.6 3.0
COLD SPRINGS SNOTEL 9630 2/01/00 --- 3.5 6.5 5.8
DU NOIR 8760 1/26/00 15 2.9 5.3 5.7
GEYSER CREEK 8500 1/26/00 14 2.9 4.6 4.8
GRANNIER MEADOWS 8860 1/28/00 30 6.2 7.6 9.4
HOBBS PARK SNOTEL 10100 2/01/00 --- 6.1 10.5 10.0
LITTLE WARM SNOTEL 9370 2/01/00 --- 6.2 8.8 7.2
MIDDLE FORK 7420 1/28/00 8 1.3 1.9 3.8
SOUTH PASS SNOTEL 9040 2/01/00 --- 8.0 11.1 11.3
ST LAWRENCE ALT SNOT 8620 2/01/00 --- 1.9 4.7 4.8
T CROSS RANCH 7900 1/27/00 20 4.4 6.6 5.3
TOGWOTEE PASS SNOTEL 9580 2/01/00 48 12.3 19.7 16.9
TOWNSEND CRK SNOTEL 8700 2/01/00 --- 3.1 5.8 6.2
YOUNTS PEAK SNOTEL 8350 2/01/00 --- 9.6 14.9 12.2
BIG HORN RIVER BASIN
BALD MOUNTAIN SNOTEL 9380 2/01/00 --- 14.1 14.1 13.8
BONE SPGS. SNOTEL 9350 2/01/00 --- 10.4 10.9 10.6
KIRWIN SNOTEL 9550 2/01/00 --- 4.5 8.3 6.6
MEDICINE LODGE LAKES 9340 1/30/00 33 7.8 8.9 7.7
MIDDLE POWDER SNOTEL 7760 2/01/00 --- 5.9 5.0 7.8
MIDDLE POWDER 7760 --- 6.6
ONION GULCH 8780 1/30/00 24 3.6 3.1 5.8
OWL CREEK SNOTEL 8980 2/01/00 --- 1.5 4.2 2.8
POWDER RVR.PASS SNOT 9480 2/01/00 --- 5.9 8.4 7.0
RANGER CREEK 8120 1/30/00 31 7.2 7.0 6.4
SHELL CREEK SNOTEL 9580 2/01/00 --- 10.3 12.1 10.2
TIMBER CREEK SNOTEL 7950 2/01/00 --- .6 3.8 3.6
TYRELL RANGER STA. 8300 1/30/00 23 3.6 5.0 5.5
SHOSHONE & CLARKS FORK RIVER BASINS
BEARTOOTH LK. SNOTEL 9280 2/01/00 --- 13.8 18.8 16.0
BLACKWATER SNOTEL 9780 2/01/00 --- 10.2 21.0 14.0
CARTER MOUNTAIN 7950 1/29/00 7 1.0 1.0 3.1
FISHER CREEK PILLOW 9100 2/01/00 --- 20.6 27.4 24.2
FISHER CREEK 9100 --- ---
EVENING STAR SNOTEL 9200 2/01/00 --- 16.5 23.8 17.8
MARQUETTE SNOTEL 8760 2/01/00 --- 3.1 6.2 5.1
PARKERS PEAK SNOTEL 9400 2/01/00 --- 11.3 16.5 14.3
N.E. ENTRANCE PILLOW 7350 2/01/00 --- 7.3 8.6 6.4
NORTHEAST ENTRANCE 7350 1/31/00 28 7.2 8.8 6.5
PARKERS PEAK SNOTEL 9400 2/01/00 --- 11.3 16.5 14.3
SYLVAN ROAD SNOTEL 7120 2/01/00 --- 8.7 12.4 8.5
WHITE MILL PILLOW 8700 2/01/00 --- 15.8 18.4 16.8
WHITE MILL 8700 --- ---
WOLVERINE SNOTEL 7650 2/01/00 --- 8.8 11.7 7.9
YOUNTS PEAK SNOTEL 8350 2/01/00 --- 9.6 14.9 12.2
POWDER & TONGUE RIVER BASINS
BEAR TRAP SNOTEL 8200 2/01/00 --- 3.2 4.5 4.8
BIG GOOSE 7760 1/30/00 20 3.5 2.1 4.3
BONE SPGS. SNOTEL 9350 2/01/00 --- 10.4 10.9 10.6
BURGESS JCT. SNOTEL 7880 2/01/00 --- 6.7 5.4 7.6
CLOUD PEAK SNOTEL 9850 2/01/00 --- 9.7 9.6 8.0
DOME LAKE SNOTEL 8880 2/01/00 --- 6.6 7.7 9.0
HANSEN S.M. SNOTEL 8360 2/01/00 --- 3.8 3.8 4.6
MIDDLE POWDER SNOTEL 7760 2/01/00 --- 5.9 5.0 7.8
MIDDLE POWDER 7760 --- 6.6
NORTH TONGUE 8450 1/30/00 34 8.7 7.2 8.3
ONION GULCH 8780 1/30/00 24 3.6 3.1 5.8
POWDER RVR.PASS SNOT 9480 2/01/00 --- 5.9 8.4 7.0
SAWMILL DIVIDE 9260 1/30/00 34 8.0 7.8 9.0
SOLDIER PARK 8780 1/30/00 17 1.6 2.2 3.7
SOUR DOUGH 8460 1/30/00 21 3.0 3.3 4.3
SUCKER CREEK SNOTEL 8880 2/01/00 --- 7.7 6.8 7.5
SUCKER CREEK 8880 --- 7.6
WOOD ROCK G.S. 8440 1/30/00 29 5.8 5.6 6.6
BELLE FOURCHE & CHEYENNE RIVER BASINS
BEARLODGE DIVIDE 4680 1/26/00 9 1.5 1.2 1.9
BLIND PARK PILLOW 6870 2/01/00 --- 4.2 5.3 7.2
DITCH CREEK 6870 3.3 ---
NORTH RAPID CK PILL. 6130 2/01/00 --- 3.8 4.1 ---
MALLO 6420 5.0 5.2
MOUNT TOM 5560 2.6 3.0
REUTER CANYON 6280 1/25/00 18 4.8 5.6 6.5
UPPER SPEARFISH 6500 1/25/00 14 2.5 3.4 4.5
WARREN PEAK SNOTEL 6520 2/01/00 --- 5.5 6.1 7.2
LITTLE BEAR RUN 6240 2.8 ---
UPPER NORTH PLATTE BASIN
DIVIDE PEAK SNOTEL 8860 2/01/00 --- 9.5 12.9 13.3
JOE WRIGHT SNOTEL 10000 2/01/00 --- 11.9 14.5 14.0
MOSS LAKE 9800 1/27/00 40 10.5 14.7 16.0
NORTH BARRETT CREEK 9400 1/27/00 42 11.1 16.2 13.5
NORTH FRENCH SNOTEL 10130 2/01/00 --- 16.1 19.8 16.0
OLD BATTLE SNOTEL 9920 2/01/00 --- 14.4 18.3 20.5
PURGATORY GULCH 8970 1/26/00 23 5.9 9.5 6.8
ROACH SNOTEL 9400 2/01/00 --- 8.9 12.4 11.0
RYAN PARK 8400 1/27/00 27 6.4 8.6 7.4
SAND LAKE SNOTEL 10050 2/01/00 --- 13.8 21.9 21.2
SOUTH BRUSH SNOTEL 8440 2/01/00 --- 6.6 5.3 7.1
WEBBER SPRING SNOTEL 9250 2/01/00 --- 11.6 12.8 17.4
WILLOW CK PS SNOTEL 9500 2/01/00 --- 7.0 8.0 7.3
LOWER NORTH PLATTE, SWEETWATER & LARAMIE RIVER BASINS
ALBANY 9400 1/27/00 38 8.1 8.3 9.9
BOXELDER 7280 1/30/00 14 3.2 2.2 4.3
BROOKLYN LK. SNOTEL 10220 2/01/00 --- 11.4 13.6 16.0
BUCK CREEK 7960 1/30/00 30 5.4 4.4 5.9
CASPER MTN. SNOTEL 7850 2/01/00 --- 9.5 6.9 9.4
DEADMAN HILL SNOTEL 10200 2/01/00 --- 6.3 12.7 11.1
DEADMAN HILL 10200 --- ---
FOXPARK 9060 1/27/00 27 5.5 4.8 4.8
GRANNIER MEADOWS 8860 1/28/00 30 6.2 7.6 9.4
HAIRPIN TURN 9480 1/27/00 40 9.0 10.5 11.2
JOE WRIGHT SNOTEL 10000 2/01/00 --- 11.9 14.5 14.0
LA BONTE 8450 1/31/00 13 2.7 2.0 3.9
LA PRELE SNOTEL 8380 2/01/00 --- 5.2 3.1 6.6
LARSEN CREEK 9020 1/25/00 27 6.4 7.4 8.5
LIBBY LODGE 8750 1/27/00 32 7.1 7.5 7.8
POLE MOUNTAIN 8700 1/28/00 24 3.6 6.2 5.3
RENO HILL SNOTEL 8500 2/01/00 --- 7.5 8.8 8.3
ROACH SNOTEL 9400 2/01/00 --- 8.9 12.4 11.0
SOUTH PASS SNOTEL 9040 2/01/00 --- 8.0 11.1 11.3
WINDY PEAK SNOTEL 7900 2/01/00 --- 2.8 3.7 4.5
LITTLE SNAKE RIVER BASIN
BATTLE MTN. SNOTEL 7440 2/01/00 --- 6.6 8.1 7.3
BUTTER HILL 7880 1/26/00 31 7.4 9.5 9.7
DIVIDE PEAK SNOTEL 8860 2/01/00 --- 9.5 12.9 13.3
ELK RIVER SNOTEL 8600 2/01/00 --- 10.5 11.2 12.5
HASKINS CREEK 8980 1/26/00 61 15.7 18.7 20.4
OLD BATTLE SNOTEL 9920 2/01/00 --- 14.4 18.3 20.5
SANDSTONE SNOTEL 8150 2/01/00 --- 9.6 8.0 9.3
WHISKEY PARK SNOTEL 8950 2/01/00 --- 14.8 16.8 18.4
UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN
BIG PARK 8620 1/27/00 39 9.3 10.8 12.6
BIG SANDY SNOTEL 9080 2/01/00 --- 6.1 10.6 9.6
BLIND BULL SNOTEL 8900 2/01/00 --- 16.8 18.1 19.0
EAST RIM DIV SNOTEL 7930 2/01/00 --- 6.8 8.5 9.3
ELKHART PARK SNOTEL 9400 2/01/00 --- 6.9 8.7 8.9
GROS VENTRE SNOTEL 8750 2/01/00 --- 5.9 9.4 10.6
INDIAN CREEK SNOTEL 9430 2/01/00 --- 13.1 16.1 17.9
KELLEY R.S. SNOTEL 8180 2/01/00 --- 7.5 9.7 10.7
KENDALL R.S. SNOTEL 7740 2/01/00 --- 8.9 9.2 9.9
LOOMIS PARK SNOTEL 8240 2/01/00 --- 10.2 11.3 11.6
NEW FORK SNOTEL 8340 2/01/00 --- 6.4 7.6 7.9
POCKET CREEK 9350 1/25/00 26 6.4 10.0 8.3
POISON MEADOWS 8500 --- 19.6
ROWDY CREEK 8300 1/26/00 48 13.0 13.6 15.1
SNIDER BASIN SNOTEL 8060 2/01/00 --- 7.9 8.9 9.9
TRIPLE PEAK SNOTEL 8500 2/01/00 --- 15.7 16.1 17.4
LOWER GREEN RIVER BASIN
BIG PARK 8620 1/27/00 39 9.3 10.8 12.6
BLACK'S FORK JUNCTN 8930 --- ---
HAMS FORK SNOTEL 7840 2/01/00 --- 7.4 7.3 8.1
HENRY'S FORK 10000 --- ---
HEWINTA SNOTEL 9500 2/01/00 --- 6.6 5.8 6.2
HICKERSON PARK SNOTE 9100 2/01/00 --- 3.0 3.9 3.5
HOLE-IN-ROCK SNOTEL 9150 2/01/00 --- 3.7 4.3 3.2
INDIAN CREEK SNOTEL 9430 2/01/00 --- 13.1 16.1 17.9
KELLEY R.S. SNOTEL 8180 2/01/00 --- 7.5 9.7 10.7
SPRING CRK. SNOTEL 9000 2/01/00 --- 15.3 16.6 18.2
STEEL CREEK PARK SNO 10100 2/01/00 --- 8.2 8.7 9.8
UPPER BEAR RIVER BASIN
BIG PARK 8620 1/27/00 39 9.3 10.8 12.6
BURT'S-MILLER RANCH 7900 --- ---
HAYDEN FORK SNOTEL 9100 2/01/00 --- 9.0 8.4 10.2
INDIAN CREEK SNOTEL 9430 2/01/00 --- 13.1 16.1 17.9
KELLEY R.S. SNOTEL 8180 2/01/00 --- 7.5 9.7 10.7
SALT RIVER SNOTEL 7600 2/01/00 --- 7.9 8.7 9.0
STILLWATER CAMP 8550 --- ---
TRIAL LAKE SNOTEL 9960 2/01/00 --- 12.8 10.7 15.8
TRIAL LAKE 9960 --- 15.4
(d) Denotes discontinued site.
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