Keystone Resort in Colorado was the first resort in the country to open in 2025, in part due to their emphasis on early-season snowmaking. As climate change amplifies drought in the Mountain West, ski areas across the region are considering how best to use increasingly scarce water resources.

Colorado’s statewide snowpack, as of Friday, sat at 70% of the median between 1991 and 2020, according to data collected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Water and

The Colorado River Basin, like much of the southwestern U.S., is experiencing a drought so historic—it began in 1999—that it's been called a megadrought. In the basin, whose river provides water to seven states and Mexico,

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Climate change is stealing rain and snow from the Colorado River, and it might be the basin’s new permanent condition, according to a report released this week.