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Heavy Snow in Wet Mountains, Colorado

Heavy Snow April 10, 1997 – April 11, 1997 · Wet Mountains, Colorado

The wider storm

A weather disturbance brought periods of snow to south central and southeast Colorado. Hardest hit were the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Wet Mountains and adjacent plains, and western Fremont and Custer counties. Four to 6 inches of snow blanketed parts of the northern San Luis Valley. Six to 8 inches of snow fell along the Arkansas River west of Canon City. Seven to 10 inches piled up in the Wet Mountains, and in the Trinidad and Walsenburg areas. Around 15 inches fell around Cuchara, in the high country of the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The rest of south central and southeast Colorado generally receive from 1 to 4 inches of new snow.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5592759. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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