Snowpack

Warmer temperatures in November meant that less snowpack accumulated. But storms did increase soil moisture in the Upper Colorado River Basin, making future precipitation more likely to run off slopesides and boost rivers and streams.

Record-breaking wildfires in 2020 turned huge swaths of Western forests into barren burn scars. Those forests store winter snowpack that millions of…

Months of dry weather have left much of the Roaring Fork Valley in critical levels of drought, even after snow in December. The region has not been so dry…

This summer in Colorado was the driest on record. But forecasters say weather patterns during the hotter months aren’t a predictor of what winter might…

Some portions of Pitkin, Eagle and Garfield Counties are experiencing moderate drought because of hotter temperatures and below average precipitation in…

As of Wednesday, this winter’s snowpack is nearly exactly the same as it was last year. 2019’s skyrocket in snowfall totals did not begin until the first…

The early season snowstorms that hit the Rocky Mountain region this fall have boosted snowpack levels between two and three times the average.A U.S.…

Colorado’s snowpack is hovering at about three-quarters of average, which could mean low spring runoff. Liza Mitchell tracks snowpack for the Roaring Fork…

Spring in the mountains means more skiers in the backcountry. Earlier this month, BlaseReardon from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center discussed…

Earlier this week, Colorado’s snowpack hit 100 percent of average. Experts think this bodes well for this summer’s water supply. Snowpack refers to the…