Latest storm cycle brings #snowpack above normal in the northern mountains, with Winter Park tallying the 3rd-deepest snow total — Sky-Hi News

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February 23, 2025

The storms also put the water supply in the Colorado River headwaters basin near Kremmling just above the 30-year normal

At the Steamboat Resort, 40 snow inches fell at the mountain, bringing the resort’s snowpack to 110% of the 30-year median…At the Winter Park Resort, 46 snow inches fell at the mountain, bringing the resort’s snowpack to 114% of the 30-year median.

“The streamflow forecasts for the Colorado River Basin were not well before this storm. They were looking quite bad,” he said. “This storm will certainly help with the water supply forecast. But then now we’ll have another 10 days, maybe more, of dryness.”

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