Local snowmobiling enthusiasts are not disappointed by the amount of snow when they venture into the White River Basin high country. Last weekend Ripple Creek was still measuring 85”. The most recent reports in the Yampa/White basin indicate snowpack is 109% of normal, but the White River is actually just[Read More…]
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Updates on new dam at river basin forum; dire weather predictions
RBC | Wednesday, April 4 Rangely hosted the State of the White River Basin Forum and Douglas Creek Conservation District’s annual banquet. The presentations kicked off with an update on Douglas Creek Conservation District activities from Executive Director Callie Hendrickson. She touched on the financial situation the district was hit with[Read More…]
Snow pack update for NW Colo.
By KENDALL SMITH Special to the Herald Times RBC | Your local NRCS offices (Steamboat Springs, Craig, and Meeker) work hard to collect data from four different snow courses that effect the Yampa/White River drainage area. These include Butterhill (north of Columbine, Yampa View, 3/4 of the way up Rabbit Ears),[Read More…]
Snowpack conditions still good; runoff expected to be above normal
RBC | While February brought substantially less precipitation to Colorado than the previous two months, snowpack and precipitation accumulations were near normal, leaving us with well above normal snow water equivalent (SWE) and water year precipitation amounts. As of March 1, statewide snowpack was at 139 percent of the 1981-2010[Read More…]
Precipitation during 2013 tops annual average by 1.88 inches
MEEKER I Precipitation in Rio Blanco County surpassed its annual normal depth in early November and finished 2013 nearly two inches ahead of the average annual measurement for the area.
Harpers Corner Road still snowed in
DINOSAUR — Dinosaur National Monument staff hoped to open the Harpers Corner Road by mid-April but unusually deep snow has delayed the opening.
No surprise: Snow pack is up
RBC — The third snow survey of the winter was conducted March 31 at the four snow survey sites in the upper White River Basin. The White River snow pack water equivalent (snow moisture) is 52 percent above last year at this time. Basin wide, the White River snow pack[Read More…]
No surprise: Moisture levels up
Special to the Herald Times RBC — The second snow survey of the winter was conducted Feb. 29 at the four snow survey sites in the upper White River Basin. The White River snow pack water equivalent (snow moisture) is 22 percent above last year at this time.
Snow pack registers high marks for year
RBC — The first snow survey of the winter was conducted on Jan. 30 at the snow survey sites on the upper White River Basin. The White River snow pack water equivalent (snow moisture) is 141 percent of what it was in 2007 at this time of the year. Overall,[Read More…]
