Winter Storm — La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Ft, Colorado

2009-11-13 to 2009-11-15 · La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Ft, Colorado

Wider weather episode

A winter storm system generated heavy snow accumulations across portions of southern Colorado. General amounts in excess of 8 inches occurred across the eastern San Juan...La Garita...Sangre de Cristo...and Wet mountains. Isolated snow amounts of 6 to 8 inches occurred in and around Black Forest and the Air Force Academy (El Paso County). Widespread snow amounts of 6 to 8 inches included Thatcher...Trinchera...and Kim (Las Animas County) and Sheridan Lake (Kiowa County)...9 to 12 inches at Rye (Pueblo County)...14 inches at Beulah (Pueblo County)...16 inches at Cuchara (Huerfano County)...and finally...20 inches around the summit of Wolf Creek Pass (Mineral County).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 203058. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.