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Persistent high winds and dust-on-snow events fueled rapid snowmelt in the Gunnison Valley and across southwestern Colorado this spring — the snow melting away earlier than normal, even at high elevations. Gunnison Basin snowpack reached near normal peak snow water equivalent this year, but peak runoff occurred almost three weeks early. Jeff Derry, the executive director of the Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies based in Silverton, said most SNOTEL monitoring stations in southwester...