With the amount of snow that fell on the Flat Tops this winter clearing a couple of the county’s highest roads took a little longer than usual. Rio Blanco County Road and Bridge Operator Steven Brickey took pictures of the process of cutting through remaining snowdrifts at Ripple Creek and[Read More…]
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Snowpack down after dry January
RBC I Following major storms in December, Colorado snowpack looked pretty good, even measuring above average around most of the state. The welcome precipitation broke a “particularly dry” early winter, pushing snowpack to above median levels in some areas of the state. This led experts to project “well above normal”[Read More…]
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Early-season snowfall short; El Niño snows still coming
RBC I On April 1 this year, a snow survey in California’s Sierra Nevadas near Echo Peak had to be conducted on bare grass, an unprecedented April Fool’s joke from Mother Nature. Fast forward to December, and the same area has had modest improvement—now at 53 percent of normal—but go[Read More…]
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.
