Dear Rose and Adrian,

Thank you very much for your careful consideration of the reviewers comments. This manuscript provides important information for snow hydrologists and I appreciate the time. you have taken revising the manuscript.

Best regards,

Sean Carey

Dear Authors,

Thank you very much for your careful addressing of the reviewers comments, which has improved the manuscript. Both reviewers were in general positive with the subject and the approach, and I invite you to submit a revised manuscript for further consideration.

Sean Carey
McMaster University

Dear Authors,

Thank you very much for the careful revisions and addressing of the reviewers comments. I believe that the manuscript has improved substantially. At this time, I would like further review the manuscript and shortly provide recommendations if further revisions are required.

Best regards,

Sean Carey

Dear Authors,

Thank you for your revisions and adjustments to the manuscript, which I believe provides important new information on (ubiquitous) ephemeral snowpacks that are poorly represented in the literature. I believe this paper is now acceptable for publication in the HESS special issue on understanding and predicting Earth system and hydrological change in cold regions.

Sean Carey
McMaster University