Trego's Mountain Ear

With the first of March, Stahl Peak is back to 96% of average snowpack.  The chart shows how the snow water equivalent was above average in January, fell below average through February, and came close to average for March 1.  As you can see, the month of March is the most significant time in determining how much water will be sitting up in the mountains.

The basin index – available at Montana SNOTEL Snow/Precipitation Update Report shows that Grave Creek is the only pillow reporting above average.  It is fun to be able to see all the measurements from an easy chair, compared with the oversnow trips we made with the Alpines fifty years ago.

Basin   Site Name	Elev (ft)	Snow Water Equivalent			Water Year-to-Date Precipitation
		Current (in)	Median (in)	Pct of Median	Current (in)	Median (in)	Pct of Median
KOOTENAI RIVER BASIN
Banfield Mountain	5580	12.7	14.2	89	16.4	20.9	78
Bear Mountain	5460	40.2	45.2	89	43.9	57.3	77
Garver Creek	4250	-M	8.5	*	-M	15.4(24)	*
Grave Creek	4350	13.9	13.7	101	21.0	26.8	78
Hand Creek	5040	8.9	9.4	95	11.0	14.4	76
Hawkins Lake	6460	18.0	21.0	86	23.6	25.6	92
Poorman Creek	5050	24.1	30.7(22)	79	32.0	47.0(22)	68
Stahl Peak	6040	26.4	27.2	97	27.6	31.4	88
Basin Index (%)		89			79