Great Start To Colorado Snowpack, But 2012 Disaster Stands As Warning

By Chris Spears
DENVER (CBS4) – The 2015-2016 snow season has been a good one so far across the state of Colorado thanks to an active jet stream and an El Niño weather pattern.
As of Feb. 4 all of Colorado’s major river basins had higher-than-normal snowpack for this time of year.
(credit: CBS4/Colorado’s Weather Center)
The most recent winter storm to hit Colorado’s high country dropped snow that was measured in feet at many locations.
In some places the powder is