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2003 GOVERNOR’S
INSTITUTE
WINTER WEEKEND
SNOW STUDIES
Atop Mt. Mansfield
Our 2 meter snow pit...
The Big Pit
Digging The Snow Pits
In the Pit…
This is much more fun than clearing the
driveway!
Look what we came out of the woods with!
Group Effort...
Kids are forced to march for miles looking for a place to dig a
large pit.
Sitting back and relaxing after a long day’s work…
Kylie digs a pit unaware that a moose is watching
Water Equivalence:
Difference Between Lower and Higher Elevation
Smuggler’s Notch
150 cm.
Stowe Rec. Path
9.73
cm.
7.83
cm.
9.75
cm.
8.18
cm.
34.4
cm.
31.0
cm.
48.7
cm.
26.5
cm.
Water Equivalence: The amount of water in a column of
snow
Finding Snow Density
Taking Measurements
Snow Layer Depth at Smuggler's Notch
120
106.5-109cm
Depth (cm)
100
88-106.5cm
51-88cm
80
49-51cm
60
41-49cm
40
38-41cm
20
30-38cm
0
6-30cm
Layer Depth
0-6cm
The Snow Kit
More Measurements
The Tube
More Snow Tube
Temperature and Depths at the Stowe Rec. Path
0
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
-5 0
-10
Snow Depth (cm)
-6
-15
-20
-25
-30
-35
-40
-45
Temperatures
1
Temperatures and Depths at the Base of the Notch
0
-2
-1.5
-1
Snow Depth (cm)
-2.5
-0.5
-10 0
-20
-30
-40
-50
-60
-70
Temperatures
Weighing the Snow Tube
Density Relative to the Layers at the Stowe Rec. Path
Density (kg/m^3)
0
-0.05
0.05
0.15
0.25
0.35
Depth of Pit (cm)
-5
-10
-15
-20
-25
-30
0.45
Density Relative to the Layers at Smuggler's Notch
Density (kg/m^3)
0
-1 0
Depth of Pit (cm)
-2 0
-3 0
-4 0
-50
-6 0
-7 0
-80
-9 0
-1 00
-1 1 0
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
Mount Mansfield
The End
The End