Winter Storm — La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Ft, Colorado

2014-11-13 to 2014-11-16 · La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Ft, Colorado

Wider weather episode

A storm system produced heavy snow over many portions of southern Colorado. Some of the higher reported snow totals within the warning areas included...15 inches near the summit of Monarch Pass (Chaffee County) and 28 inches at the summit of Wolf Creek Pass (Mineral County). Other snow totals over the course of a few days included 5 to 7 inches near Pueblo and Pueblo West (Pueblo County)...Leadville (Lake County)... Westcliffe and Rosita (Custer County) and Fountain (El Paso County). Eight to 10 inches of snow was observed near Beulah (Pueblo County) and Rocky Ford (Otero County). A few spots near Colorado Springs (El Paso County) and La Junta (Otero County) recorded around a foot of snow.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 549916. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.