With Montana snowpack close to peaking, low water year is likely
The extensive snow that needed to fall this March to recover widespread snowpack deficits across Montana didn’t materialize, water experts said.
Source: bozemandailychronicle.com
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The extensive snow that needed to fall this March to recover widespread snowpack deficits across Montana didn’t materialize, water experts said.
The existing lifts were installed in the 1970s and ’80s, and their replacements will double carrying capacity.
While many areas of western Montana received some much needed snow this week, a lot more will be needed to build record-low snowpack levels up to anything near normal.