Yellow gold drew European pioneers to Colorado; white gold allowed them to stay. Indeed, the mountain snowpack has fueled explosive "development" along the Front Range urban corridor. Whether climate change will significantly diminish that resource is not yet known.
This morning, we find ourselves in the midst of a snowstorm, likely the most persistent to impact Metro Denver in years. Despite the inconvenience it might cause, the precipitation is always welcome in this dry ecosystem, especially in early spring.
Sweeping Gulf of Mexico moisture across the Great Plains and into the Front Range, the storm initially dropped rain which changed to snow overnight. Here in Littleton, we have received about 8 inches so far and expect up to another foot over the next 24 hours. If so, we'll reach our average snowfall for the month of March. We'll take every inch we can get.
