Working in New York for almost 10 years, I remember snow days – most folks stayed home citing dangerous road conditions, train or bus delays, school cancellations, etc etc etc Fast forward 5 years –
Snow’s fallen every other day for the past 3 weeks. No worries; it’s Colorado, we’ve got this – company snowball fight 🙂
9NEWS Weather February 16 ·
Wet, snowy, icy but roads easily drivable with a little extra care. Happy President’s Day!
9NEWS Weather February 18 ·
Early morning snow…impressive!
9NEWS Weather February 19 ·
Frigid air from Siberia will brush CO this weekend, lots of snow on the way.
9NEWS Weather February 22 ·
Flurries AM, 1-3″ new snow this afternoon, more overnight.
9NEWS Weather February 23 ·
10.5″ at DIA from this storm puts us to within 0.2″ of making Top 5 snowiest Febs.
9NEWS Weather February 23 ·
Yep, central Westminster has had more than 20″ of snow.
9NEWS Weather February 25 ·
Snow over the metro area by 9 pm Thursday. Around 3-7″ in Northern Colorado.
9NEWS Weather February 25 ·
Heavy wet snow tapers off late tonight.
Daily Camera February 26 ·
Boulder has already gotten a foot of snow but could see another 3 inches fall today as a snow storm continues to pummel the Front Range.
Daily Camera March 1 ·
Boulder came within 2 inches of breaking the record for the city’s snowiest month ever. It was a wild February, with 54.6 inches of snow — shattering the old February record of 32.1 inches — and a 72-degree temperature spread (the month’s high was 71, the month’s low was -1).
9NEWS Weather March 3 ·
Cold with around 3” of snow in Denver for morning drive.
Daily Camera March 4 ·
Boulder weather: High of 18 with more snow this morning
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- Happy Birthday Issac!
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- snowball fight got a little out of hand…
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- frosty Friday start in Boulder
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- caught one in the eye – OUCH!
When it snows East Coast, folks cancel marathons & barricade indoors. In Colorado, we go outside & play — LOVE our fluffy precip.
Woke early Saturday – destination Brainard Lake. Roads looked relatively clear after yesterday’s snow – small 2” preview of a storm forecasted to dump 20” later tonite.
DECISION TIME: (1) take the longer route to Brainard – thru Boulder Canyon to Nederland, then north on Peak-to-Peak. Major roads are plowed more often; however, also risk battling ski traffic to nearby Eldora. OR (2) choose the more direct route thru Ward – more direct, more scenic but whole lotta curves & lotta vertical incline.
Entering Boulder, roads still looked clear, so headed up Lee Hill Road to Ward. 20 minutes later, winter wonderland. Downside, I drive a Prius. Upside, had the road to myself – not many crazy enough to take this path in winter 🙂
Steady speed, wide on the curves. No slowing down, or would never make the elevation incline in my front-wheel-drive hybrid.
The road thru Ward is straight up – one stop sign mid-way thru town. UP, UP, UP, 30mph steady.
Past the stop sign & around the curve – sprayed wide but kept enough traction to continue forward. Popped up on Peak-to-Peak, then gunned the left turn into Indian Peaks. Only 5 more miles – on snow-packed state forest roads. Car, don’t fail me now.
Sped into trailhead parking – unplowed, pushed into the first open space…and that’s where I’d berth.
Most of the day’s trek would be on paths forged above summer roadways precip-buried in winter. Tall lodgepole pines, crisp thin air, fresh powder, no noise. Impossible not to smile. This is why we live in Colorado – need this as much as I do food.
2 ½ miles in, walked across Brainard & ate a sandwich near the dam water spill. Beautiful day.
SNOW came early – big flakes – so started back. Return was mostly downhill, so picked up pace & enjoyed some high elevation snow jogging 🙂 Snow jogging above 10,000ft – highly recommended.
BBQ in Nederland; ended the day with snow ice cream, my favourite childhood dessert (thanks Cliff).
Day in the mountains – smiling on the outside, beaming from the inside. LOVE LOVE my Colorado life!
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- lodgepole pine, fresh powder, thin air — impossible not to SMILE
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- FRESH POWDER – tasty, good any time of day
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- no worries, left my motor boat home 🙂
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- snow jogging at 10,000ft – highly recommended!
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- fave childhood dessert — snow ice cream (w/ raspberries), YUM!
3 days ago I was high altitude hiking in sunshine – albeit in 30mph headwind with gusts > 50mph (whoa Nellie).
Woke today to Polar Blast, Day 2. Single digit temps, wind chill below zero & more snow (8 new inches overnight). Yesterday’s high of 16° set a new record; not suppose to reach 10° today – FAAAANNNNTASTIC!
It’s November – thanks Mother Nature for cooperating 🙂
Social Media Commentary
NPS Climate Change Response · Much of the U.S. seems pretty chilly, with highs today in Denver only to reach 6ºF. However, our friends in Alaska are currently nice and toasty: Fairbanks is expected to reach a balmy 34ºF.
Daily Camera · Heads-up: It’s going to get even colder. Colder temperatures ahead as record-breaking chill ices Boulder. Today’s forecast calls for a high of 3, which the city may have already reached. The snowfall has also resumed, with 3 to 5 inches of additional accumulation…
Stacy · You know it’s cold when Antarctica is 20 degrees warmer than you…
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- time to walk the dogs 🙂
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- 2 short runs left before Vegas; see the treadmill in my immediate future
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- 8 new inches of SNOW overnight
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- Winter has arrived in Colorado!
