Colorado statewide snowpack levels are running well above average following a recent run of snowstorms, based on .
Statewide snowpack is running at 116% of season-to-date average, a slight boost from snow levels earlier this year. This is partially as a result of a recent run of February snowstorms that has ski resorts like Steamboat Springs (, as of Friday), Breckenridge () and Wolf Creek () already closing in on 300 inches of annual snowfall.
Highest snowpack levels are in Colorado’s northern mountains, although each of the state’s eight major river basins were reporting above-average snowpack levels, as of Wednesday. In the South Platte river basin (east of the Continental Divide, including the Front Range), snowpack levels were running at 131% of average, the highest of the state’s eight basins.
A major storm system slammed much of northern Colorado with as much as 51 inches of snow last week, contributing to the increased snowpack figures.
The snow doesn’t appear to be stopping anytime soon, either. After a calmer end to the week and start of the weekend, heavy mountain snowfall will kick back into gear on Sunday and last through Monday and perhaps Tuesday.
This next round of weekend snowfall looks to favor Colorado’s northern mountains, likely further boosting snowpack levels in that part of the state.
