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Summary Snow, piled up in mountain ranges over the winter, is posing a flood threat to the Western US.
As US residents deal with massive floods along the Missouri River, experts worry that melting snowpacks pose a quiet but deadly threat to several states in the West.An unusually cold spring has created record-breaking snowpacks ---large areas of packed snow---from Washington to Colorado.These masses of snow that also cap Utahs Wasatch mountains are a boon for skiers at Snowbird Resort, but could spell disaster for residents living at the foothills of the imposing range.Last year the season ended about the second week of June and this year we are hoping to go all the way to the fourth of July, says Snowbird Resorts Emily Moench.
