More Colorado Ski Stories From The Winter That Wasn’t

Earliest ski area opening in Colorado history – after the latest close from the previous season.

October 8, 2011

SOUTH FORK — Southern Colorado skiers will get their first taste of powder after 3 feet of snow prompted the Wolf Creek Ski Area to schedule its season opener today.

The opening marks the earliest ever for the ski area (and for Colorado)

Wolf Creek Ski Area opens today – Pueblo Chieftain: Metro

Fifteen feet of snow before Christmas.

ScreenHunter 28 Dec. 15 20.53 Southwest Permanent Drought Area Gets 15 Feet Of Autumn Snow

Heaviest one day snow in Colorado skiing history

http://www.wolfcreekski.com/wolf-creek-snow-report.php

STEAMBOAT CRUSHES SNOW RECORD: 34 INCHES OF CHAMPAGNE POWDER!
Posted By: Kristin Park on February 20, 2012 4:04 pm

Today marks a new record for Steamboat, Colorado with the most snow of any resort in Colorado in a 24-hour period with a monstrous 27 inches at mid-mountain and the summit.  Since the 5 a.m. report, another seven inches have floated down bringing the total to a whopping 34 inches!

The snow started dumping yesterday afternoon at around 1 p.m. when a storm rolled in, and picked up speed throughout the rest of the day and last night.  It added significantly to the 75-inch base at mid-mountain and 82-inch bask at the summit.  There doesn’t seem to be any signs of stopping, and that doesn’t concern any of the mountain enthusiasts in the area.  Another storm is expected on Tuesday, and skiers and snowboarders are welcoming it with open arms.  Still others are predicted for the throughout the rest of the week as well.

Steamboat Crushes Snow Record | the ski channel

February 2012 Could Go Down As Denver’s Snowiest

DENVER (CBS4) – Thursday’s snow in the Denver metro area added to what has been a snowy February — one of the snowiest yet.

The snowiest Februaries on record BEFORE THE START OF THIS MONTH were as follows:

1912 – 22.1
1942 – 19.5
1909 – 18.3
1931 – 18
1959 – 17.5

As of Friday, 2012 is showing a total of 20.2 inches of snow for Denver (1.9 inches fell on Thursday officially in Denver). That makes it the No. 2 snowiest February on record.

February 2012 Could Go Down As Denver’s Snowiest « CBS Denver

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2 Responses to More Colorado Ski Stories From The Winter That Wasn’t

  1. Andy DC says:

    Every idiot knows that snow in May is much more important than snow in February. July snowfall is even more important yet.

    • lanceap says:

      sorry, i disagree, they hurt my annual’s 🙂
      we ended up with about 12 cm of wet snow and another 12ml of rain today for a very cold wet day….HOWEVER, nothing unusual in this neck of the woods…

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