Rocky Mountain Regional Snowpack Chemistry Monitoring Study

Lochvale, CO

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     Contact:  Graham Sexstone

Buffalo Pass, Colo.

Buffalo
  • Station ID:   403240106410000
  • Latitude:   40.54654 dd
  • Longitude:   -106.67788 dd
  • Elevation:   3139 m
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  • 26 years of data
    1993 - 2020  ( no data, 2008, 2019 )

Graphs of Chemistry Concentrations

  • NH4    (Ammonium)
  • NO3    (Nitrate)
  • SO4    (Sulfate)
  • combined   (includes NH4, NO3 & SO4)
  • Hg    (Mercury)

Graph of Snow Depth

Data

Photographs

Workers struggle to free snowmobile stuck in deep snow near Buffalo Pass, Colo.

Workers struggle to free snowmobile stuck in deep snow near Buffalo Pass, Colo.

 Typical, deep snowpack at sampling pit at Buffalo Pass, Colo.

Typical, deep snowpack at sampling pit at Buffalo Pass, Colo.

 Deep, fresh powder snow traps snowmobile near Buffalo Pass, Colo.

Deep, fresh powder snow traps snowmobile near Buffalo Pass, Colo.
Worker wades through deep snow to recover snowmobile stuck near Buffalo Pass, Colo.

Worker wades through deep snow to recover snowmobile stuck near Buffalo Pass, Colo.

 Worker hauls snow samples away from site near Buffalo Pass, Colo.

Worker hauls snow samples away from site near Buffalo Pass, Colo.

 Exceptionally deep snowpack of 1997 at Buffalo Pass, Colo.

Exceptionally deep snowpack of 1997 at Buffalo Pass, Colo.