In Colorado’s devastatingly dry winter, hope abounds for big snows to round out the season: ‘It’s not time for panic’

In Colorado’s devastatingly dry winter, hope abounds for big snows to round out the season: ‘It’s not time for panic’

Anu Koiv emerged from her Gunbarrel home in the middle of January and spotted something she hadn’t seen in the seven years she’s lived there: pink flowers blooming on a backyard viburnum shrub. In winter. Anu Koiv smells her blooming viburnum bush at her home in Gunbarrel, near Boulder, on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post) As the 72-year-old retiree was admiring the unexpected burst of color, she noticed bees dancin…

In #Colorado’s devastatingly dry winter, hope abounds for big snows to round out the season: ‘It’s not time for panic’, State’s #snowpack has seen similar deficits in the past, but larger #climate trends worry some observers — The #Denver Post

Westwide SNOTEL basin-filled map January 22, 2026. Click the link to read the article on The Denver Post website (John Aquilar and John Meyer). Here’s an excerpt: July 25, 2026 The warm, snow-free weather that many in the city have enjoyed for weeks — extending the active season for cyclists, hikers and runners — is bringing less joy to the high country, where the nearly $5 billion-a-year Colorado ski industry is struggling to salvage its seaso…