Frank Gehrke, chief of snow surveys for the Department of Water Resources, checks the snow pack weight on a scale as he conducts the first snow survey of the year at Echo Summit Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. The survey showed the snow pack to to be 48.6 inches deep with a water content of 12.1 inches, which is 101 percent of normal for this site at this time of year.(AP Photo/ Rich Pedroncelli)