Pursuits
Colorado Resorts Face More Drought as Snow Readings Lure Skiers
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Jagged peaks ringing Colorado’s Copper Mountain turned indigo in the rising sun as Jamie Baker knelt to measure the ski resort’s latest snowfall. The total came to what it’s been too often this season: zero.
“This is our basic ruler you used in elementary school,” the ski patrol employee said, poking the wooden stick into the space around a stake used to gauge overnight snow. “It’s really important, so guests have the correct information and know much snow we got.”