Winter Storm in Flattop Mountains, Colorado

Winter Storm October 25, 2006 – October 26, 2006 · Flattop Mountains, Colorado

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

This early season storm produced 6 to 12 inches of snow, and winds gusting 30 to 50 mph. Local snowfall amounts up to 18 inches occurred in the higher terrain near Buford. A hunter died from exposure after getting disoriented in the storm within the same general area where 18 inches of snow fell.

The wider storm

A strong Pacific storm system and cold front swept across western Colorado and brought snow and strong winds to the mountains and some of the high valleys of western Colorado.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 731. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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