Why the Pits?

So - the last video clip I posted talks about what we do when we dig our snow pits and also take core samples of the snowpack. This next clip is of Carly Basler, a research assistant here, talking about why we dig them in the first place.



Want to learn more? Visit this website about the importance of snowpack in Canada. Interesting to note here, given the topic of the website linked above, that Canada has the worlds third largest supply of freshwater.