LONG-TERM VARIABILITY OF SNOW COVER DEPTH IN SZCZCZYRK AND THE SURROUNDING REGION

The aim of presented analysis is to assess the depth of the cover snow in the Silesian Beskid on an example of a representative profile Szczyrk – Hall Jaworzyna – Skrzyczne. The research of the sustainability, variability and the depth of snow cover was based on the daily date provided by Group of Mountain Rescue “GOPR” during ten seasons of winter in years 1999–2009. As a result of investigation variability of snow cover in the analyzed mountain profile was obtained. The most important result of the research are average number of days with snow cover and specified maximum snow depth for each months and seasons. Additionally, the paper is focused on the number of days with snow for different thick of snow cover