Spring time in the Rocky mountains.

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ajbert

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In the Colorado mountains
A few days go we got a winter storm warning. It went from Monday at noon until Wed until 2 pm. Called for 1-2 feet of snow. The really good thing is has been on the warm side for about a week with temps in the 50's and lows in the high 20's to low 30's. We got some rain/sleet/snow on Sun but nothing to speak of. On Mon it started raining arounf midday that turn to snow. Then snow off and on until I went to bed. Tues was snow all day long, light to heavy back and forth. I took the pic and midday as the snow started to stick by then. The ground was still warm so the only accumulation was on raised areas, like the trees, grass, decks, etc. Ended up clearing the front/back decks about 5 times until bed time. Hard to tell have much we really got as the snow was melting even when it was still falling. The most accumulation I found was about 10 inches with slush underneath, so I'm sure we got over a foot. Anyways, here's the one and only pic I took. Pretty much all is melted now. At least it mostly seep into the ground and no runoff for the most part.

Funny thing is I went down to the little "town" on Wed and there was no snow. We are at 9100 feet and the town is around 8400 feet. Amazing what a few feet in elevation makes to the weather here.

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It doesn't suck in the least. We do need the moisture and we got it with this storm. The good thing about this time of the year is when we get snow, it is wet and most will melt as soon as it hits the ground, so no runoff. The other good part is that usually the next day it will all melt off, again soaking into the ground. Right now most of it has already melted, and what is left will be gone by the end of the day.
 
Naw, that’s the San Juan’s. They but up to the Continental divide (Rocky’s) left out of the picture. We are surrounded!

I’m guessing yours was the Maroon Bell range?
Sawatch Range there, then we got the Sange De Cristo's just to the South. I was thinking Uncompahgre peak, it's in the Sa Juan range. That area is one of our favorites to camp. That's some pretty county over that way.
 
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Uncompahgre peak is actually in the Rocky Mountain range but right where the San Juan joins them. Rockies run North south, SJ run east west. Right there at Ouray and Telluride.

I know you know, just posting for those reading.
 
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Uncompahgre peak is actually in the Rocky Mountain range but right where the San Juan joins them. Rockies run North south, SJ run east west. Right there at Ouray and Telluride.

I know you know, just posting for those reading.
Ahh, ok. I always thought it was in the San Juans. Thanks for getting me straightened out. Sure like that area
 
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