Just days after the Poudre River opened for recreational activities, it has already been shutdown to some of those activities because of above average runoff and extreme danger.
Spring rains combined with one of the deepest snowpacks we've seen in years have the river in a swollen state, and it probably won't subside until July.
The Poudre River Trail Corridor is about to get event better. Thanks to funds from the Colorado Lottery and Great Outdoors Colorado, the Poudre River Trail we love is getting over $5 million for improvements.
We are looking at a rare combination, Fort Collins. The heat of the Colorado summer is here in full force. That means temps in the 90’s, possibly rising to 100, and the increase in moisture that we’ve seen this year has taken away that old phrase we’re so used to, “…but it’s a dry heat”.
We've arrived at our first full week of 80 degree temperatures in Fort Collins and across the Northern Front Range, and as the temperature goes up, the snow is going to come down! It's not going to fall from the sky. It is going to melt into crystal clear Rocky Mountain river water and make its way past our towns and all the way to the Mississipi River delta in some cases...