Another day, another early season snowstorm for the Rockies! Mother Nature unleashed more than just a dusting in Colorado, as many of the state's resorts are reporting heavy snowfall. Steamboat seems to be the big winner of the storm and is reporting 19 inches.
Arapahoe Basin and Loveland, who are in a race to be the first resorts to open for the season, both received 17 inches. This was a great addition to their already impressive bases and snowmaking efforts.
This storm also caused one of the first snow-related road closures on I-70, as the slick, wet roads may have caught some people by surprise and caused numerous crashes, according to CDOT's Twitter.
Summit county resident Ron Gilligan clears snow off his driveway in the Summit Cove neighborhood Monday, Oct. 2 near Dillon.
The first major snowstorm of the season came in force overnight Sunday, battering the mountains with heavy, wet snow that clogged traffic, cancelled school and left more than 10,000 high country homes without power into Monday morning.
Simultaneous closures at major choke points on Interstate 70 at the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnel and Vail Pass left drivers marooned in Georgetown and at a shelter in Vail, which soon filled to capacity.
"It's been a long morning," said Colorado State Patrol Sergeant Patrick Williams. "Welcome to winter, right?"
Despite the mayhem and lengthy mop-up efforts, which started to wrap up at around 9:30 a.m., Williams said he was not aware of any serious injury or fatality crashes in the Summit County or Vail Pass area.
Ready or not, the snowy cold has arrived. Over the last week, snow blanketed parts of the western United States. And last night, storms dumped on Colorado.
As early snowstorms go, the latest round in the west is hefty. More than 12 inches fell in Breckenridge, Colo., last night. Check out the porch above, and town shot below!
Abigail Miller Daily Mail Mon, 02 Oct 2017 19:15 UTC
Satellite images show the heavy snow cover that has already accumulated in the mountains
Colorado is bracing itself for the first serious snowstorm of the coming winter season - with as much as two feet of snow expected in some areas.
The National Weather Service issued storm warnings and advisories for most of the central and northern Colorado mountains starting on Sunday and lasting through Monday at midnight.
Satellite images show the heavy snow cover that has already accumulated in the mountains.
The most buildup expected in places with elevation above 10,000 feet.
The mountains along Interstate 70 are expected to get some of the heaviest snowfall - and are predicted to have between eight and 18 inches of accumulation.
Mountains south of the highway are expecting between five and 10.
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Snow continues to fall over the Colorado high country, with some areas in the state receiving as much as 8 inches of snow.
The most recent storm dropped 5 to 8 inches of snow at Monarch Ski Area, and 5-6 inches at Wolf Creek Ski Area, according to Open Snow estimates. Cameras at Breckenridge and Arapahoe Basin ski resorts show a dusting of snow in the high elevations of Summit County.
Here in the southern Front Range, the Pikes Peak Ranger District does not have an estimate for snow totals at the summit, since the road is closed beyond Glen Cove and summit cameras are covered in ice. At Glen Cove, rangers estimate that 2 to 3 inches fell overnight Wednesday into Thursday.
Robert W. Felix Ice Age Now Tue, 26 Sep 2017 05:05 UTC
The deviation of the average daily air temperature from the climatic norm on September 25, 2017 according to the data of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia (translated by google)
A new record low temperature was registered in Omsk today.
The mercury plummeted to -6.2 degrees C, breaking the previous record for the date of -4.5C, which was set more than 60 years ago in 1955.
Temperatures in the area are abnormally cold, running 5-10 degrees C below the climatic norm.
The first runs of the 2017-18 ski season were made Sunday at Silverton Mountain, North America's highest altitude ski areas with a peak of 13,487 feet.
According to a news release, a snow system that passed through the San Juan Mountains over the weekend dropped just enough snow to open the upper reaches of Silverton Mountain.
"The patrollers could not resist the opportunity to ride the chairlift today to make some turns on the upper mountain as they celebrated the start of the season at Silverton Mountain," the news release said.
Silverton Mountain co-owner Jen Brill said most of the snow was concentrated to the alpine areas of the mountain.
Okay fall is cool and all but who's also ready for ski season? We all know fall in Vancouver can at times be more of like a transition phase from summer to winter. The weather is whack and every day is a new guess of whether to dress like it's warm or cold.
Winter is coming — which means ski season is coming! It's only September but 13 B.C. mountains have already received their first snowfall!!! Whistler here we come. Here's hoping ski season starts early this year.
Check out all the pictures of the B.C. mountains' first dusting of fresh powder.
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