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Mountain #snowpack should be peaking around now. This year, it's almost gone — Russ Schumacher (#Colorado Climate Center) #runoff

Date: April 3, 2026

Summary

... zero SWE this year and had never previously been snow-free on April 1. The long-term measurement site at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Gothic estimated that the spring snowpack in parts of the Gunnison Basin was unprecedented, with a...