Northwest Montana mountain snowpack rebounds in May
Kayakers navigate a section of the Wild Mile on the Swan River during the Expert Slalom event at the Bigfork Whitewater Festival on Saturday, May 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
High-elevation snowpack in the Swan Range has remained near or above historical averages for most of May thanks to a series of cold storms that dumped snow and rain across the region.
The snow-water equivalent measurement registered at 39.1 inches for Noisy Basin on May 26, according to data collected at a SNOTEL weather station located at 6,040 feet. The median for that date is 31.6 inches. The snow-water equivalent is the amount of water held in the snowpack.
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