Facing climate change: Inching toward energy efficiency GUNNISON, CO (kbut) - Long-lasting, frigid winters that define the Gunnison Basin may be going the way of the dinosaur. If one college's projections are correct, April 1 snowpack in parts of the Rockies could diminish by more than 70 percent by 2085 43 percent in the Gunnison Basin as a result of a warming West. Part 1 in a three part series by the Gunnison Country Times looks at what local governments are doing to address the issue. © Copyright 2021, kbut