Winter Storm in La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Ft, Colorado

A winter storm produced heavy snow over a large portion of southern Colorado. Some of the higher reported snow totals include 6 to 9 inches in and around Leadville (Lake County)...Salida ...Monarch Pass and Buena Vista (Chaffee County)...South Fork (Mineral County)...Del Norte (Rio Grande County)...Monument and Black Forest (El Paso County)...Walsenburg (Huerfano County)...and Trinidad (Las Animas County).

Around a foot of snow fell near Florissant (Teller County)...Maysville (Chaffee County)...and Colorado City (Pueblo County). Finally...16 to 18 inches of snow was noted near the communities of Crestone (Saguache County)...and Beulah and Rye (Pueblo County). Across the higher terrain...in excess of 8 inches of snow fell.