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Colorado Snowpack Numbers Continue To Soar Thanks To Plentiful Mountain Snowfall

Almost every ski area in the state has received above normal snowfall so far this season.

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Snowpack is above normal across six of Colorado's eight river basins including the Slate Platte basin which includes the metro area.

The two basins that remain below normal are the Upper Rio Grande basin which includes the San Luis Valley as well as the Arkansas basin. This is largely because recent storms have mostly missed the Sangre de Cristo and Wet mountains near Cañon City, Walsenburg, and Trinidad.

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