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. John F. Russell/Steamboat Pilot & Today At the Steamboat Resort, 40 snow inches fell at the mountain, bringing the resort’s snowpack to 110% of the 30-year median. John F. Russell/Steamboat Pilot & Today Since Valentine’s Day, several storms have brought six straight powder days and up to 50 inches of snow to some Colorado ski resorts — having varied but mostly positive impacts on the state’s snowpack.
“This storm brought quite a lot of snow to all the mountain ranges,” said Russ Schumacher, Colorado’s state climatologist and director of the Colorado Climate Center. “In parts of the state, it really helped out a lot, and in other places, they are going to need a lot more to catch up.”
The news is the best for Colorado’s northern mountains, where most resorts were sitting just below the snowpack average heading into the Presidents Day weekend. Now, most of the region’s resorts are sitting at or slightly above normal.
For example, 50 inches of recent snowfall have brought Vail Mountain from 81% to 103% of its 30-year normal, according to OpenSnow.com . Vail reportedly received the most snow in the state between Feb. 14 and 19.
At the Winter Park Resort, 46 snow inches fell at the mountain, bringing the resort’s snowpack to 114% […]
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