Winter Storm — La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Ft, Colorado

2012-02-27 to 2012-02-28 · La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Ft, Colorado

Wider weather episode

A strong upper level disturbance moving across Colorado generated snow...heavy at times...across and near the Continental Divide of central and southern Colorado. Some higher reported snow totals were: 8 inches in the vicinity of Monarch Pass (Chaffee County)...9 inches across the higher elevations near Leadville (Lake County)...14 inches in the vicinity of Wolf Creek Pass and 10 miles to the southwest of Creede (Mineral County)...and 24 inches 4 miles southwest of South Fork (Rio Grande County).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 366651. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.