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8,000–11,000 ft · CO🚗 Directions
Central mountain zone between Front Range and Western Slope. Spruce-fir and aspen. Excellent king bolete habitat. Vail and Minturn as base towns.
Updated May 29, 4:04 AM MT
Precip 7d
Observed precipitation from PRISM 4km gridded analysis, sampled at the region centroid through 2026-05-27. Used when no SNOTEL/SCAN station is mapped to this region.0.10"
PRISM 4km · thru 05-27
Precip 14d
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0.47"
PRISM 4km · thru 05-27
Soil Temp
41°F
SWE
Snow Water Equivalent — how much water is in the snowpack vs. normal. Declining SWE means snowmelt is adding moisture to the soil.0%
Drought
None
Snowmelt
complete
soil too cold (41°F, 0/7 days above 48°F), insufficient moisture (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.15)
soil too cold (41°F, 0/7 days above 50°F), insufficient moisture (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.15)
soil too cold (41°F, 0/7 days above 50°F), insufficient moisture (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.15)
soil too cold (41°F, 0/7 days above 50°F), insufficient moisture (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.15)
soil too cold (41°F, 0/7 days above 60°F), insufficient moisture (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.15)
Primordia readiness: Cold = mycelium dormant. Activating = soil warming, primordia building. Primed = 5+ sustained warm days at species threshold; fruiting imminent if moisture cooperates. Based on Schmidt 1983 / Mihail 2007.