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Winter Weather in Grand & Summit Counties Below 9000 Feet, Colorado
Winter Weather December 23, 2021 – December 25, 2021 · Grand & Summit Counties Below 9000 Feet, Colorado
What the National Weather Service wrote
Six to twelve inches of snow fell across the Middle Park area of Grand County and the valley locations of Summit County.
The wider storm
A winter storm produced the first significant snowfall in the northern mountains of Colorado, just in time for Christmas. Storm totals generally ranged from 1 to 2.5 feet. The heaviest snowfall occurred in mountains north of the I-70 corridor. Tragedy struck on Christmas Eve when a backcountry skier was buried in an avalanche near Cameron Pass.
Some of the more impressive 2-day storm totals from this event included: 29.9 inches near Mount Zirkel, 27.6 inches at Bear Lake and near Cameron Pass, 26.4 inches near Mt Audubon, 25.3 inches near Long's Peak, 24.2 inches near Trail Ridge, 24.1 inches near Gould, 21.8 inches near Arapahoe Peak and Spicer, 19.6 inches near Rabbit Ears Pass.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 992518. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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