| 21. | Hoff said sourly as he inspected a frozen and withering potato and then tossed it back into the snow pack.
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| 22. | This new detail will allow hydrologists to better measure the ground snow pack and forecast spring flooding, Jones said.
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| 23. | The snow pack melts throughout the spring and summer months, feeding the many mountain streams and creeks with water.
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| 24. | Alternating freezing and thawing created a weak layer on top of an existing snow pack, followed by additional snowfall.
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| 25. | These rivers benefit greatly from melted snow pack from the mountains, which feeds the rivers during the growing season.
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| 26. | The California Cooperative Snow Surveys posts daily snow pack depths and runoff figures, an invaluable service for farmers and hikers.
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| 27. | The worst areas are cities and towns, where sidewalks freeze and snow packs hard underfoot into slippery, icy mounds.
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| 28. | Snow pack usually reaches a maximum depth of about 2 feet plus ( 0.7 m ) in late February.
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| 29. | A snow pack can then be further settled out, or stabilized, by further down slope ski traffic through it.
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| 30. | The worst areas are cities and towns, where sidewalks freeze up and snow packs hard underfoot into slippery, icy mounds.
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