The snow just kept coming down, And was still doing so late this morning. It has been billed as the worst snowstorm (for October) in 12 years for parts of the Mountain West. Colorado was one of the hardest hit. Travel became a nightmare in Denver. Also places in Wyoming and North Utah and that is not all-inclusive.
Look at these snow depths as of this morning–almost all of them from trained storm spotters: (all from Colorado)
19 inches Parker
32 NW of Golden
37 Genessee in Jefferson County
44 Pinecliff, Jefferson County
34 Conifer, Jefferson County
12 five miles SE of Denver
36 near Aspen Park, Jefferson County
40 Black Hawk in Gilpin County
Some drifts up to five feet.
SPOT REPORTS LATE MORNING
25 degrees in Denver, snow, wind chill 9
24 Limon, 1/2 mile, snow, gusts 46 mph
28 Fort carson, wind north gusts 49 mph
10 on Wolf Creek Pass, snow, wind chill -7*
* As I have mentioned several times, I am sure I came close to losing my life trying to drive over Wolf Creek Pass late one night during a blizzard without chains. Never made it. About 4 miles from the 10,850 summit, the narrow shelf road was solid ice. We had to very carefully grab the back bumper and gradually turn the new 57 Chevrolet around and ever-so-slowly ease back many miles down to South Fork and Del Norte. Snow was so heavy we had to use power poles to guess where the edge of the road was.
I was sure stupid because when we started up the long incline, there was a barrier that we had to drive around because the highway was officially closed. Also drove around a snow plow.
I promise to never do that again!
