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Winter Storm in La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Ft, Colorado
Winter Storm April 11, 2009 – April 12, 2009 · La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Ft, Colorado
The wider storm
An intense Spring storm system produced heavy snow over a large portion of southern Colorado. Some of the heavier snow amounts include 6 and more inches in and around Rye (Pueblo County), locally, 8 inches in and around Alamosa, the Great Sand Dunes and the Black Forest (El Paso County), and 10 inches in Rosita (Custer County) and Beulah (Pueblo County). In addition...around a foot of snow fell across the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and surrounding high valleys. Crestone (Saguache County)...on the east side of the San Luis Valley...received up to 23 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 165468. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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