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A Winter That Forgot How to Snow

The Intermountain West snow drought explained: warm snow, cold reality.

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Flylab and Tim Romano
Mar 13, 2026
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Low water: Green Mountain Reservoir, Summit County, Colorado.

A couple weeks ago, we were invited to sit in on a NOAA / NIDIS (National Integrated Drought Information System) conditions and outlook meeting covering the end of winter and start of spring across the Intermountain West (Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico).

What we heard wasn’t great.

Especially if you recreate in, guide on, or build a business around water.

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