March is usually considered a "powder month" for Colorado ski resorts. Not this year. Powderhorn Ski Resort has lost about 15 inches  of snow in two weeks. Now it's losing up to two inches each day. Over the same period, snowpack across the Western Slope has declined by about 15 percent....High temperatures and early runoff are a reason to worry for those who were expecting a decent runoff season later this spring...Snowpack conditions have declined significantly, particularly in the Gunnison River Basin...The early runoff has water managers squirming...Reservoirs are now being reset to capture every drop of water that flows into them...Flows into Lake Powell through July are projected to be 59 percent of average. Lake Powell is now 48 percent full and likely will hover around 50 percent until next winter.

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