Spring is arriving

The Rural Colorado Project   2017

 

It has been an uneventful winter here in the Uncompahgre Valley, but not for the surrounding mountains.  Grand Mesa finds itself buried under over 100 inches of snow, and more to come.  Grand Mesa is the largest flat-top mountain in the world, encompassing over 500 square miles.  It rises 6,000 feet above the Uncompahgre Valley Floor, the highest point is 11.300 feet.  There are 300 lakes scattered across the top of this great mesa. https://www.facebook.com/OurayLife/?pnref=story

Here we have Grand Mesa in the midst of summer

Today she is buried under over a 130 inches of snow, in fact, NASA scientists are on the Mesa studying snowflakes to better their understanding of the water content of different types of snow in hopes of building a satellite that can determine the water content of snow in different areas.  Here is a link to the article about Grand Mesa, the highest flat-top mountain in the world, nicked name Thundermountain by the Native Americans due to it being shrouded in clouds many times a year

http://www.kjct8.com/content/news/NASA-studying-snowfall-on-Grand-Mesa-413116993.html

Even though the San Juans. the Uncompahgre Plateau and the Grand Mesa are still blanketed in snow, the Uncompahgre Valley is beginning to come alive with the sounds and smells of spring

The San Juans 

Getting the land ready for spring planting