If you compared snow accumulation with dust from yesterday's storm, there is probably 1" of mud. The ferocious winds carrying desert grit did a lot of damage to our snowpack that will help melt our Snow Bank prematurely this spring. The weather this week into...
A pleasant but windy day on tap with increasing clouds later this afternoon & tonight. Much like our Wed/Thur storm, vicious winds will again create another dust event putting desert grit in the air & snow mixing with Sunday's precipitation. Currently a Gulf of Alaska...
Surely love these warm tenuous March days, then it all changes in a matter of hours. Enjoy this beauty of a day because Wednesday will see increasing clouds and SW winds as another storm currently spinning off the NW coast of Washington/BC will bring snow...
Today will be warm & sunny, but changing with increasing cloudiness and dropping air temperatures that precede a weak low pressure trough/cold front that will turn into another active weather period tonight/early Saturday and into Sunday morning favoring the west and northern San Juan mountains. There...
A near perfect Sunday. Warm, cloudless and calm, but all to end rapidly tomorrow with a120 knot jet on SW flow entering our area with big wind, another cold front and a little snow for the high country. Models mixed on when, where and how...
I’m alone, skiing towards a high ridge in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. The stars are bright, but a slight glow is spreading from the east. Breath after breath creates a plume of steam that’s illuminated by my headlamp. My skis slide smoothly over...
Two storms on tap for the San Juans today and tomorrow. Last night and currently the southern San Juans have a closed low moving east from Arizona through New Mexico producing snow showers through tonight. Expect 1-3". The second storm, a low moving SE from...
Sustainable Slopes Day this Saturday, March 15 The future of the ski slopes lies in the hands of our future skiers. Knowing this, Telluride Ski Resort’s Eco Adventures and the U.S. Forest Service are teaming up to host "Sustainable Slopes Day" on Saturday, March 15. This ski-along...
Today the San Juans will see warm temps, sunny skies with increasing cloudiness and SW winds later in the day. A fast moving Pacific disturbance/cold front dropping into our area from the NW will push into the San Juans late tonight through Tuesday evening favoring...
Warming temperatures and sunshine today through most of Thursday then increasing high cloudiness & windy tomorrow. The next system from the NW will enter western Colorado on shifting southwest winds late Thursday evening/early Friday morning bringing 4-8" of snow favoring W aspects above TL (possibly...
