www.kunc.org/post/how-pokemon-helped-inspire-citizen-science-project-monitor-tiny-streams​

Full story here:

​https://warnercnr.source.colostate.edu/research-team-monitors-snow-melt-feeds-colorado-streams-rivers/

Photo from McMillan Peak in the San Juan Mountains of Southern Colorado on December 28, 2017.

​Not the best of skiing days..... but this should be the least of our worries given that this is the time of year that our mountain water towers should be storing water as snow to be released as melt water during spring and summer months.

While temperatures have been cold enough for precipitation to fall as snow for the past several weeks, storm tracks have mostly steered clear of the southwestern U.S. 

To learn more about snow drought, how it comes to be, and what it means for the western U.S., check out this article on AGU's EOS:

​https://eos.org/opinions/defining-snow-drought-and-why-it-matters

​https://help.waterdata.usgs.gov/faq/about-graphs/embedding-a-static-graph-on-your-web-site

Ever wondered when the first snow free conditions in your part of the state are? Wonder no more!

Mt. Mahler and Mt. Richtofen loom over the rest of the Never Summer Range