Winter Storm — La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Ft, Colorado

2010-02-19 to 2010-02-22 · La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Ft, Colorado

Wider weather episode

A prolonged winter event brought widespread snow to the mountains and high valleys of southern Colorado. Winter Storm Warnings were issued for the higher elevations of the Continental Divide and the southern Sangre de Cristo mountains. However, the lengthy period of light snow prompted Winter Weather Advisories for many other areas. Some snow amounts were...7 inches north-northwest of Aguilar (Huerfano County)...9 to 11 inches around Beulah and Rye (Pueblo County) and Monument (El Paso County)...15 to 18 inches west of Westcliffe (Custer County) and on Monarch Pass (Chaffee County)...and 45 inches near the summit of Wolf Creek Pass.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 217721. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.