2024 Colorado River Snowpack. Lake powell, a crucial reservoir along the colorado river, has seen its water levels drop dramatically in recent years due to prolonged drought, reduced snowpack and rising temperatures. The snowpack in the south platte river basin, which supplies metro denver and the farms and ranches across northeastern colorado, has reached 114% of the.
The colorado river basin, which provides water to 40 million people across the west, receives much of its water supply from the mountain snowpack in colorado. 1, , , , , , , , entire upper colorado river basin.