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Colorado, Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys

Public Information Statement

Statement as of 2:10 PM MDT on March 20, 2010


The following are preliminary storm total snowfall amounts from
western Colorado and eastern Utah, ending around 10 am Saturday.
Snowfall amounts are in inches.


Official climate stations,

Western Colorado,

3 miles northeast of Rifle, 1.6.
Norwood, 2.3.
Steamboat Springs, 2.4.
Crested Butte, 3.5.
Ouray, 29.6.


Unofficial stations,

Coal Bank Pass, 1.0.
1 mile southeast of Steamboat Springs, 1.5.
1 mile east of Mesa, 1.6.
Molas Pass, 2.0.
Silverton, 3.0.
1 mile northwest of Edwards, 3.0.
2 miles north of Wolcott, 4.5.
2 miles north of Avon, 5.3.
Gothic, 8.0.
5 miles northwest of Ridgway, 8.1.
15 miles west of Montrose, 8.5.
6 miles south of Mesa, 9.0.
Telluride ski area, 12.0.
McClure pass, 12.0.
Snowmass ski area, 12.6.
Red Mountain Pass, 15.0.
Monument area of Red Mountain Pass, 17.0.



In summary, the latest storm system to affect the region brought
significant amounts of snowfall to the Colorado mountains Thursday
night through Friday. The heaviest snowfall favored the northern
side of the San Juan Mountains, where amounts ranged from 8 inches
near Ridgeway, to 17 inches at The Monument area of Red Mountain
Pass, to nearly 30 inches in the town of Ouray. The southern side of
the San Juans reported much less snowfall, with only 2 inches over
Coal Bank Pass and 3 inches reported in Silverton. Additional
snowfall amounts across the northern and central mountains of
western Colorado ranged from a few inches in Steamboat Springs and
Crested Butte, to 8 inches in Gothic, 9 inches on the Grand Mesa, to
a foot of new snow at Snowmass ski area and McClure pass.


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