Winter Storm — Northwest Fremont County Above 8500 Ft, Colorado

2005-10-10 to 2005-10-11 · Northwest Fremont County Above 8500 Ft, Colorado

Wider weather episode

A slow moving winter storm produced heavy snow along with strong gusty winds, which produced difficult driving conditions over many parts of southern Colorado. Some of the higher snow totals follow: 6 to 8 inches at Maysville (Chaffee County)...in the vicinity of Rye (Pueblo County)...Aguilar (Las Animas County)...Cripple Creek (Teller County)...Leadville (Lake County)...Monument and on the north side of Colorado Springs (El Paso County)...9 inches at Rosita (Custer County)...10 to 13 inches in Cuchara (Huerfano County)...Woodland Park (Teller County)...San Isabel (Custer County) and Black Forest (El Paso County)...14 inches in far northeast El Paso County...15 inches on the eastern slopes of the northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains in Custer County...17 inches in Climax (Lake County)...and 22 inches just east of Monument in El Paso County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5477706. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.