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Heavy Snow in Eastern San Juan Mountains, Colorado
Heavy Snow March 16, 2001 – March 17, 2001 · Eastern San Juan Mountains, Colorado
What the National Weather Service wrote
An upper level storm system generated a few bands of heavy snow accumulation over parts southern Colorado. Most area in the mountains and adjacent high valleys and plains had 2 to 5 inches of snow...but some of the heavier snow totals include: 7 inches at Nathrop in Chaffee county...8 inches at Coaldale in Fremont county...in Custer county...up to 10 inches 7 to 10 miles west of Westcliffe...and in in Mineral county the Wolf Creek Ski area picked up 15 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5236359. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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