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Mountain Hydrology Group - Chile, 2014

August, 2014 snow surveys in the Andes, Chile. August, 2014 is a drought year. Snow hydrologists from the Mountain Hydrology Group joined hydrologists from Chile to collaborate on methodology and to assist the Chilean hydrologists with helicopter snow surveys. Chilean hydrologists were associated with professor James McPhee, PhD, and his team from the University of Chile, Department of Civil Engineering, at: www.ingcivil.uchile.cl. Regions surveyed included Cajon de Maipo, Cerros de Vega Negra, Estero Alonso de Morales, and Refugio Lo Valdes. TO VIEW PHOTOS IN FULL SCREEN MODE (put cursor over photo, full screen icon will appear, click on it.)

Morning departure, Cajon de Maipo. Photo: Alia Lauren Khan.Flying into the basin, Cajon de Maipo. Photo: Alia Lauren Khan.Noah Molotch at the helm, Cajon de Maipo. Photo: Alia Lauren Khan.Landing on the ridge above the basin, Cajon de Maipo. Photo: Alia Lauren Khan.Negotiating the landing, Cajon de Maipo. Photo: Santiago Montserrat.Cajon de Maipo. Photo: Santiago Montserrat.Skiing into the basin from the ridge line above, Cajon de Maipo. Photo: Alia Lauren Khan.Digging a snow pit to sample the snow, Cajon de Maipo. Photo: Alia Lauren Khan.Helicopter pickup after the survey, Cajon de Maipo. Photo: Alia Lauren Khan.Helicopter drop off for next survey, Cajon de Maipo. Photo: Alia Lauren Khan.Late morning start due to weather, Cerros de Vega Negra. Photo: Dominik Schneider.Mountains on the way in, Cerros de Vega Negra. Photo: Dominik Schneider.Mountains on the way in, Cerros de Vega Negra. Photo: Dominik Schneider.Mountains on the way in, Cerros de Vega Negra. Photo: Dominik Schneider.Overlooking the drainage, Cerros de Vega Negra. Photo: Dominik Schneider.Overlooking the drainage, Cerros de Vega Negra. Photo: Dominik Schneider.Overlooking the drainage, Cerros de Vega Negra. Photo: Dominik Schneider.Snow station, Cerros de Vega Negra. Photo: Dominik Schneider.Snow surveyor in the lower left corner, Cerros de Vega Negra. How to sample a such a large area? Photo: Dominik Schneider.Sampling on the way down from the helicopter drop off above, Cerros de Vega Negra. Photo: Dominik Schneider.Digging a snow pit, Cerros de Vega Negra. Photo: Dominik Schneider.Overview of the Estero Alonso de Morales region from the helicopter. Photo: Dominik Schneider.At the helicopter drop off at the first watershed in the Estero Alonso de Morales region. Photo: Alia Lauren Khan.Measuring snow depth on the way down into the drainage, Estero Alonso de Morales region. Photo: Dominik Schneider.First drainage in Estero Alonso de Morales region. Photo: Dominik Schneider.Collecting snow data at the bottom of the first drainage, Estero Alonso de Morales region. Photo: Alia Lauren Khan.Helicopter pickup at the bottom of the first drainage, Estero Alonso de Morales region. Photo: Dominik Schneider.View on the way to the second drainage, Estero Alonso de Morales region. Photo: Dominik Schneider.Riding into the second drainage from the helicopter drop off, Estero Alonso de Morales region. Photo: Dominik Schneider.Researchers inside the second drainage, Estero Alonso de Morales region. Photo: Dominik Schneider.Dropping into the third drainage, Estero Alonso de Morales region. Photo: Dominik Schneider.View from the helicopter, Estero Alonso de Morales region. Photo: Dominik Schneider.Researcher collecting data, Estero Alonso de Morales region. Photo: Dominik Schneider.Overview from the helicopter, Refugio Lo Valdes region. Photo: Dominik Schneider.Overview from the helicopter, Refugio Lo Valdes region. Photo: Dominik Schneider.Researcher skiing into the drainage from the helicopter drop off, Refugio Lo Valdes region. Photo: Dominik Schneider.Noah Molotch recording field conditions, Refugio Lo Valdes region. Photo: Dominik Schneider.View upslope, Refugio Lo Valdes region. Photo: Dominik Schneider.Heli guide and Dominik, Refugio Lo Valdes region. Photo: Alia Lauren Khan.Alia Lauren Khan, Refugio Lo Valdes region. Photo: Dominik Schneider.

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