After several decidedly wintry weeks marked by flurries, powder days and even some storms, the snowpack in the Snake River basin is weighing in ... right about where it normally would the last week of February. Early winter in Northwestern Wyoming was somewhat dry, so itâs an improvement for the water weight of the snowpack to be sitting at 102% of the long-term median. High-elevation snow that has fallen in recent weeks has tended to be light and dry, one reason the perception of a whopper winter and reality of a typical snowpack donât perfectly align. âYou guys have got your normal snows from the west, but itâs been really dry, and that shows up on the snow-water equivalent,â said Jim Fahey, the National Resource Conservation Serviceâs Wyoming hydrologist.