Colorado River overallocation collides with Colorado snowpack conditions

Tapped: Colorado’s Front Range is at the center of one of the American West’s most complex and consequential water challenges. This series examines the interconnected systems that determine how the ...

Late-season snowstorm: Here's how much snow has fallen in Colorado's mountains

A late-season snowstorm has brought several inches of May powder to the high country, offering a modest but welcome boost to ...
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Colorado opens mountain passes early after low snowpack

This year's low snowpack is not all bad news: Colorado's mountain passes are opening earlier than ever. Why it matters: Not ...
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Colorado’s snowpack takes ‘massive nosedive’ amid a ‘record-smashing’ heatwave

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 seasons of 1976-77 and 1980-81 ...
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Colorado imposes the earliest water restrictions in state history as snowpack hits an all-time low

By the time the calendar turned to April 2026, sprinkler systems across Erie, Colorado, were already under orders to stay off. The growing town north of Denver, home to roughly 40,000 residents, ...
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As Colorado faces historically bad snowpack, a new study links low snow with more severe wildfires that damage forests

A new study out of Western Colorado University has implications for the wildfire season ahead as nearly the entire West faces record-low snowpack conditions. The paper, published last month in the ...
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It’s official: This is Colorado’s worst snowpack year on record, as some mountain areas start April snowless for first time ever

Large swathes of the Colorado Rocky Mountains that are usually covered in snow this time of year started out the month barren, leading climate experts say the state is officially facing its worst ...