JACKSON, Wyo. -- Total snowfall has exceeded 600 inches at one of the measuring stations at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. It's the first time in 42 winters that a measuring station there has recorded that much snow.

The resort closed April 6 for the season. Total snowfall measured at the Raymer study station at more than 9,300 feet was 605 inches since last October, according to the Jackson Hole News and Guide.

Avalanche forecaster Bob Comey at the Bridger-Teton National Forest Avalanche Center says snowfall totals on the upper mountain snowfall totals were regularly underreported during the resort's early years. He says forecasters wouldn't regularly visit the upper mountain to measure snowfall.

Comey says this winter has been one of the top five seasons in terms of snowfall.