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Monday, July 5th, 2021, 2:50 p.m. Enormous wildfires last year razed vast parts of Colorado's mountains, leaving them blanketed in ash - ash that has now been carried away by rains in the river in Fort Collins, Colorado. The Poudre River Whitewater Park and the river has been coated in ashes with sediments from the Wildfire due to the downpour. The Scarcity of Water Resources (Photo : Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) PAGE, ARIZONA - JUNE 24: In this aerial view, Green grass at the Lake Powell National Golf Course is contrasted with the parched landscape along the Colorado river below La...

A wildfire continues to burn in Mesa County amid extreme drought conditions on the Western Slope.

• Elk Park Trail The U.S. Forest Service has opened most trailheads for the summer season. However, there is still considerable snow around and above most of our alpine lakes, especially on north facing slopes above 10,000 feet in elevation. As points of reference, Gilpin Lake is at 10,338 feet, Mica Lake 10,428 feet, Three Island Lake 9,878 feet and Bighorn Lake 10,106. If you plan to hike the Zirkel Circle or other alpine areas in June, be prepared to hike through snow, and know that you will need to cross streams with cold, fast moving water. Friends of Wilderness sawyers and other crews...

Sorry if this makes you uncomfortable, but it's been a moist one in the Denver Metro area so far this year. You may have also noticed it's been really green, and that's because as of June 1, the National Weather Service has reported nearly 11 inches of precipitation, and we're only half way through the year.  Get our free mobile app 2021 is now the ninth-wettest year in Colorado's documented history, and that's the most wet it's been since 1983. So far this year, the area has gotten 10.49 inches of precipitation. 38 years ago, there was 10.5 inches by June 1, and 20.19 inches by the end of ...

Vail Fire Chief Mark Novak has for years said it’s not a matter of “if, but when” the town will experience a major wildfire. Now, “when” may be sooner than anyone thinks.