Colorado’s snowpack takes ‘massive nosedive’ amid a ‘record-smashing’ heatwave

Colorado’s snowpack takes ‘massive nosedive’ amid a ‘record-smashing’ heatwave

The ice on the Dillon Reservoir in Summit County continued to melt Sunday, March 29, 2026 as very little snow remained anywhere except in the highest peaks. Colorado’s snowpack likely the worst on record after a heatwave spurred a quick melt out.Ryan Spencer/Summit Daily News As Colorado’s snowpack tracked near record-lows all winter long, state climatologists pointed to two previous winters that had potentially been worse than this year: the se…

Impact of #drought on rivers and Western #Colorado — KJCT #snowpack #runoff #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification

West Drought Monitor map March 24, 2026. Click the link to read the article on the KJCT website (Matthew Kryger). Here’s an excerpt: March 27, 2026 Warm and dry conditions in Western Colorado are speeding up runoff from an already below normal snowpack. And it is causing concern among communities. “There are smaller communities that have a single source of drinking water supply that are concerned about what their source is going to be producing…