While most people dream of a White Christmas, up here in ski country, we tend to dream of a White Halloween! This year, Mother Nature has been VERY accommodating! Denver just finished going through about 50 hours of continuous snowfall, and most locations in the metro area received 1 to 2 FEET out of this storm (Rollinsville--in the mountains above Boulder--received something like 46 inches!)!
This was a classic "upslope" storm, so it affected Denver and the foothills more than it did us up here in the mountains, but most of the resort areas received about a foot or so. We are not buried, but it definitely made for some pretty pictures.
We now have 3 ski areas open here in Colorado: Loveland Ski Area, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, and Wolf Creek Ski Area in southern Colorado (just to give you an idea of the snow amounts, Wolf Creek does not have any snowmaking capability--they are open on 100% natural snow!). Keystone will be opening for the season next Thursday (11/5), with many more openings soon to follow.
I will keep you posted! THINK SNOW!
Steve
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