EL Karlstam 1955 Burro Brosas Feb. 17 Yosemite Valley, Mariposa Co., Calif. Brief visit here. Valley floor covered with from a few to 15 inches of snow, but patchy on tolus slopes. Berks snow-covered but no signs of very recent snowfall. Saw meadow S of Court Center where I had equipment for about 2.5 inches but bore over. The grasses are matted down in brown tufts due to pressure of winter blanket. Black oaks bore but some dead leaves still clinging. Stoneman meadow heavier blanket of snow, 15" by actual measurement 30 feet SE of main road to Wozzy lake. Small yard near lower end of Valley (El Capitan order, 3950 feet) where Ixyla died early last year, already for water standing at root ½. Rest snow-covered. Burger Elmer Hoyt gave me certain impressions of the winter in Yosemite. He snowpack and water content of snow in high country is higher by 8-10 inches than previous year, and thus close to annual norm frozen on 20 or more years. Valley got rain beginning Feb. 15 but nothing compared to 6" by this date in Feb. 1954. Prediction as to spring & summer run-off hard to make until after March snow survey. Meteorologist can predict available irrigation water within 3% after March survey, according to Hoyt. Hopefully, Yosemite Valley will have more water this summer than last.