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Show 9 Snow stakes, cut from 1 x 2 redwood, are fastened to 1" upright pipe, set in concrete during previous summer. This fastening down is necessary due to the high winds. The total accumulation stake is fastened permanently, while storm total and hourly stakes are free to slide up or down along said pipe, with a hinged platform on the bottom to allow observer to slide the stake straight up out of the snow, and then place the platform down on the pack again. During periods of low qvercast, temperature of the cloud cover can be determined at this station. Recording instruments, such as precipitation gauge, etc., would be a welcome addition at this station, since access during a storm is sometimes difficult. Standard maximum and minimum thermometers provide essential temperature information. Snow profile pits ( discussed later), dug near this station, allow strata observations near the release zones. Test skiing is also done near this elevation. The second site is at the' 6500' level, utilizing the roof of the # 1 lift as an instrument platform. The loft of the same building serves as office, file room, and central gathering place for all snow data. This station is kept in operation when the other two become inaccessible due to the weather. It was put in operation during the 1965 and 1966 season, primarily to provide comparative data betweeen the notch station at 7800' and the bottom of slide paths at 6500'. Instruments are much the same as the Notch station, with instruments on the roof and snow stakes on the flat below. A hygro- thermograph is located in a shelter on the roof to facilitate close observation of the temperature curve, particularly to forewarn of any warming trends at this elevation. |