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<br /> <br />in the watershed ranges from about 7,700 ft in <br />the valley to about 13,200 ft in the Gore Range. <br />Monthly average temperatures in Vail range from <br />a low of _8eC in January to a high of 15eC in July <br />(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, <br />http://ulysses.atmos.colostate.edu/mly_form. htm I, <br />accessed September 24, 1998). Precipitation in the <br />watershed ranges from between 20 and 30 inches <br /> <br />106022'30" <br /> <br />..,j. <br />,~ <br />.1 <br />,-/ <br />)" <br /> <br />39'40' ~ <br /> <br />(\-' <br />I <br />G <br /> <br />per year (in/yr) in the lower valleys to between 40 <br />and 50 in/yr in the higher peaks (Colorado Climate <br />Center, 1984) (fig, 2). The average precipitation is <br />34 in/yr, of which two-thirds falls as snow. In the <br />Town of Vail, at an elevation of 8,225 ft, annual snow- <br />fall ranges from 79 inches to 3 I 3 inches (National <br />Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, accessed <br />September 24, 1998). <br /> <br />90 <br />'9<<- <br />1>" <br />'VQ <br />'(' <br /> <br />.- - <br />,/" Mif/CI'Pf'J; <br /> <br />.~ <br />---' /, <br />'----~ <br /> <br />EXPLANATION ~_ <br />AVERAGE ANNUAL PRECIPITA"O~. [I\' L'lCHES <br /> <br />D 101020 <br />o Greater than 20 to JO <br />. Greatt'r than 30 (0 ~o <br />. Greater Ih:m 40 to 50 <br /> <br />o <br />I <br />o <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />3 4 <br /> <br />I' <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />5 KILOMETERS <br /> <br />5 MILES <br /> <br />'--0 <br /> <br />Figure 2, Average annual precipitation (1951-80) in the Gore Creek watershed. <br /> <br /> <br />DESCRIPTION OF STUDY AREA 5 <br />