Snow Depth and Density on Three Mountain Glaciers in St. Elias Mountains, Yukon, May 2016

This data set was collected to explore rigorous statistical methods of estimating winter balance and its uncertainty from multi-scale measurements of snow depth and density. Snow depth and density measurements were taken on three unnamed glaciers in the Donjek Range of the St. Elias Mountains. Our sampling campaign involved four people and occurred between 5 and 15 May 2016, which falls within the period of historical peak snow accumulation in southwestern Yukon. We chose a sampling design that resulted in a high ratio (~55:1) of snow depth to density measurements. In total, we collected more than 9000 snow-depth measurements and more than 100 density measurements throughout the study area.