Click the link to read the article on the Vail Daily website (Scott Miller). Here’s an excerpt:
April 6, 2024
The good news is that the snowpack around Colorado is looking pretty good heading into spring and summer. In fact, more than 70% of the state is reporting no drought conditions, a significant change from the start of this year, when just less than 35% of the state was in zero-drought status…
After a slowish start, the snow water equivalent at measurement sites on Vail Mountain, Copper Mountain and Fremont Pass are all near or just above 100% of the 30-year median. The Copper Mountain site is nearest to the snow fields atop Vail and Shrine passes; the Fremont Pass site is closest to the headwaters of the Eagle River near Tennessee Pass…The Fremont Pass site is the highest and longest-lasting of those sites. It was also the slowest this season to hit 100% of the 30-year median, not hitting that mark until early March. All of those high-elevation sites — ranging from roughly 10,300 feet at Vail to 11,300 feet at Fremont Pass — hit their peak accumulation between late April and early May. That means we still have another few weeks to expect spring storms.
