: a seasonal accumulation of slow-melting packed snow
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The north has great snowpack, but snowpack is less than average in the central and southern part of the mountain range.—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025 The brief rainstorm comes only days after state officials announced that the state’s snowpack had reached 96% of average on April 1, when the snow season typically reaches its peak.—Hugo Martín, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2025 The temperatures at the time had reached the 90s in Sacramento, but the record Sierra Nevada snowpack was melting and creating dangerously fast and cold currents for anyone else looking to cool off.—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2025 Northern areas of Colorado — including on the Yampa River and near the Colorado River’s headwaters north of Kremmling — have above-normal snowpack.—Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for snowpack
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