From the Aspen Daily News (Brent Gardner-Smith):
Friday Jan. 7, the local snowpack had dropped slightly to 138 percent of average for the Roaring Fork basin, despite light snow falling throughout the first week of the year. The snowpack at the NRCS measuring station on Independence Pass Friday showed the snowpack there was at 126 percent of average, while the McClure Pass station showed 146 percent of average and the Ivanhoe station in the upper Fryingpan River valley showed it was at 128 percent of average. On the upper valley’s four ski areas, the Aspen Highlands ski patrol is reporting that snow depths at Cloud Nine are 150 percent of the 30-year average. At the Snowmass Ski Area, snowfall from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 was 124 percent of average, as the area has recorded 152 inches of snow against the 122-inch average. December alone at Snowmass was 142 percent above average, as 67 inches fell against the 47-inch average…
As of Jan. 1, Colorado’s statewide snowpack was 136 percent of average and 159 percent of last year’s readings, according to the NRCS, making it the highest Jan. 1 snowpack since 1997, when statewide it was at 160 percent…
Southern Colorado was at 57 percent of average until mid-December, when wet storms then quickly boosted the snowpack in the combined San Miguel, Dolores, Animas and San Juan rivers basins to 144 percent of average on New Year’s Day. As of Friday, the Dolores River basin snowpack was 119 percent above average, the San Juan River basin was at 118 percent and the Animas River basin was at 132 percent of average. In the northern part of the state, the Yampa and White River basins were at a combined 136 percent of average. The snowpack in the Gunnison River basin was 149 percent of average Friday. The snowpack in the entire Colorado River basin above Lake Powell on Thursday was at 140 percent of the long-term average.