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539% of normal. That is just plain crazy. But this week, the snow pack totals for the entire state of Colorado were 539% of normal. If that sounds like a lot, just take a trip to the San Juan Mountains near Durango. It’s over 700% of normal there. Yes, we…
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Every year, around this time, skiers in Colorado start to watch out for the telltale signs of snowmaking equipment running. Combine the cold temperatures with some surprise early season snow, and pretty soon the lifts are turning. It’s not just bragging rights for Colorado that’s at stake for being the…
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Something historic is happening in southwest Colorado. And no, it doesn’t involve the discovery of gold or other precious minerals. Instead it has to do with the greatest threat to our precious wilderness areas and forests – wildfire. Historic Closure For the first time in its history, the San Juan…
Continue readingFor my dedicated readers who read me regularly, I apologize for being off the grid — we have been gone the past week out of cyberspace and into the wilderness. But the trip was so full of interesting Colorado stories, that I find I must write about it over multiple…
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