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Heavy Snow in Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft, Colorado

Heavy Snow December 27, 2021 – December 29, 2021 · Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft, Colorado

What the National Weather Service wrote

Storm total snow of 40 inches. Wolf Creek ski.

The wider storm

A very active pattern continued across southern Colorado during this period, with multiple upper level disturbances moving across the region. This supported another long period of damaging winds and heavy snow. Highest wind gusts were in the 70 to 90 mph range, with a 101 mph wind gust observed near Monarch Pass. The heavy snow was not too widespread, though Wolf Creek Pass did observe a storm total snow of 40 inches.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 997504. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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