Trouts Fly Fishing

Runoff Forecast for Spring 2011

With a La Niña winter slowly drawing to a close, there is a significant disparity in statewide snowpacks from the North to the South.  With significant snowfall throughout the winter in the Central and Northern Colorado High Country, and a below average winter in the Southern Rockies, spring and summer will undoubtedly yield a feast for famine scenario depending on where one resides in the state.  While an overall statewide snowpack reading of 113% as of April 1, 2011 may seem encouraging on the surface, a closer look at individual river basins paints a different picture.

Statewide Snowpack Readings

measured in percent of annual averages

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