2026 Snowpack thread

[Coveyleader]

The positive! Will be bear hunting three weeks earlier this year for sure! I’ve never had snow levels allowing to get where I need to go this early. I can’t wait!

 

[mtwarden]

^ always a sliver lining

 

[robby denning]

Hey all, just launched our annual snowpack/precip episode with MT-based hydrologist @Josh Boyd that @Jaden Bales recorded

Thread 'West-Wide Snowpack & Precip Update with Josh Boyd'

Mar 30, 2026

@Jaden Bales hosted our own staff writer @Josh Boyd --who's also a professional hydrologist) for today's super important/interesting episode.

Is it as bad as we think? Are there any bright spots? (Not click bait, I haven't listened yet either but I'm gonna!)

This is the 4th year we've done these episodes and I've found Josh is usually pretty dang accurate.

Give it a listen below or wherever you get your podcasts!

https://www.rokslide.com/west-wide-snowpack-precipitation-update-with-josh-boyd/

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See if it's as bad as we think!

 

[v4j5w0]

I work at 7200 feet in South Eastern Utah, we had to shovel snow one time this year. It was about 4 inches.

 

[BBob]

Not an April Fools

 

[BBob]

 

[mtwarden]

We got a little snow in town (1-2"), mountains got 6-8", but it's all disappeared in just day and half up 6000'. We're going to be 10-15° above normal for almost a week, so that will take a good chunk of the high elevation snow w/ it.

Montana is sitting better than most of the states, but not great—most drainages in the 70-80% of normal.

 

[AK Troutbum]

We finally stayed above freezing overnight, for the first time in many months. Haven’t seen the yard/grass in about 6 months, but who knows, if this keeps up, we’ll probably have to start mowing by late June. At least that’s the way it usually rolls. It kills me when a cold spell hits the northeast for a few days and I start getting text messages from my wife’s family about how it’s colder there than what it is in Alaska. The only way to respond is “When your winter/snow starts in September, you don’t see your yard again until mid May, and you just dealt with maybe a straight month or more of sub zero temperatures, then please let me know, otherwise, quit your bitching!” Oh, and we live in one of the warmer parts of AK. All that said, we’ve been having some super nice, warm, and sunny spring days the last couple weeks.

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[mtwarden]

^

Here's one reason why snowpack is hurting in the West—10 states have reported the warmest March on record (records going back to the late 1800's!) —AZ, CA, CO, ID, NV, NM, OK, TX, UT, WY. For us it was the third warmest March on record.

 

[Phaseolus]

Here's The Colorado River at Palisade, Colorado a few minutes ago April 11. In a normal year it would be threatening to overflow that banks during runoff, and that is normaly in early June. I think this may be the high point for this spring and summer unless the so called 'Monsoon' season is really big. The second photo is where we normally pump our irrigation water for all of the growing season.

 

[Coveyleader]

I’m into places today with my truck that normally At this time of year without traks, no way you’re getting in there. I pulled my atv and rode it just to ride it. All the way in with truck and trailer no snow on road.