Area snowpack close to historic norms

By scott miller

EAGLE COUNTY — What feels like an up-and-down snow season has actually delivered a good bit of snow to the higher elevations. Still, we could use a bit more winter.A March 5 report from the Natural Resources Conservation Service, indicates that a two-week spell of wet, snowy weather across Colorado did wonders for the snowpack — which provides not just good skiing, boarding and sledding but water supplies for the next year. Statewide, there was nearly double the snowfall usually received between Feb. 20 and March 1. That snowfall was most pronounced in the southern mountains, coincidentally, the part of …

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