University of Alabama Remote Sensing Center Research Assistants Zac Herring and Tuan Luong are using frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar on a drone to measure the snowpack in the area ...

Grand Mesa is relatively flat, and Siqueira wants to see how well SNOWWI can measure snowpack tucked in the folds of complex, asymmetrical terrain. For Derksen, who spends much of his time ...

“It was good snow (down in the San Juans, on the Grand Mesa and in the Elk Mountains ... it is a critical time for Colorado’s snowpack, Schumacher said. “This is the time of year when ...

MESA COUNTY • Spencer Christensen is conflicted when he talks about the Grand Mesa. “As a person who likes the Grand Mesa for personal reasons, I want it to be kept secret,” he said.

It peaks at just 11,000 feet, but as the largest flat-topped mountain in the world, and it certainly lives up to its name: Grand Mesa. Broad and wide, Grand Mesa is capped by a layer of uneroded ...

Colorado’s Grand Mesa is an 11,000-foot natural wonder that offers uncrowded hikes, Nordic ski trails, superb fall color, and seven biomes. Travelers can take the 63-mile Grand Mesa Scenic Byway ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo ... Colorado has sat above average in the snowpack, which means that a higher snowpack accounts for better water during the summer season and is a way to combat our drought.

“It was good snow (down in the San Juans, on the Grand Mesa and in the Elk Mountains), but not nearly ... it is a critical time for Colorado’s snowpack, Schumacher said. “This is the time of year when ...