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Snow dumps on Colorado mountains: Here's how much has fallen

The latest round of winter-like weather dumped a foot of snow in some areas of Colorado.

SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. — While the Front Range was sunny and dry on Monday and Tuesday, the mountains of western Colorado have seen heavy snowfall.

Winter Weather Advisories were in effect for most of the mountains on Tuesday, with as much as an additional foot of accumulation was expected. The heaviest snow shifted from northern Colorado to southern Colorado late Tuesday.

Avalanche warnings are were effect for most of the mountains, as well.

Here are some snow totals from the early December Colorado storm, according to the National Weather Service:

  • Mount Zirkel - 16.8 inches
  • Green Mountain Reservoir - 15.4 inches
  • Gould - 12.6 inches
  • Heeney - 12 inches 
  • Cameron Pass - 11.2 inches
  • Longs Peak - 11.2 inches
  • Spicer - 11.2 inches
  • Steamboat Ski Resort - 11 inches
  • Loveland Ski Area - 10 inches
  • Maybell - 10 inches
  • Wolf Creek Pass - 9 inches
  • Winter Park Resort - 9 inches
  • Oak Creek - 8.8 inches
  • Estes Park - 8.4 inches
  • Rand - 8.4 inches
  • Arapahoe Basin Ski Area - 8 inches
  • Silverthorne - 7.5 inches
  • Toponas - 7 inches
  • Meeker Park - 7 inches
  • Breckenridge - 6.5 inches
  • Grand Lake - 6 inches
  • Frisco - 6 inches
  • Hayden - 6 inches
  • Montrose - 6 inches
  • Aspen Snowmass Ski Resort - 6 inches
  • Crested Butte - 6 inches
  • Elkdale - 5.9 inches
  • Rabbit Ears Pass - 5.6 inches
  • Redstone - 5.5 inches
  • Glenwood Springs - 5.2 inches
  • Vernal, Utah - 5 inches
  • Hayden - 5 inches
  • Drake - 4.6 inches
  • Parshall - 4.5 inches
  • Phippsburg - 4.3 inches
  • Eldora - 4.2 inches
  • Edwards - 4 inches
  • Monarch Pass - 4 inches
  • Kremmling - 4 inches
  • New Castle - 4 inches
  • Gould - 3.7 inches
  • East Vail - 3.4 inches
  • Paonia - 3.3 inches
  • West Vail - 3.1 inches
  • Silt - 3.1 inches
  • Cedaredge - 3 inches
  • Dinosaur - 3 inches 
  • Georgetown - 3 inches
  • Allenspark - 3 inches
  • Pinewood Springs - 2.9 inches
  • Hotchkiss - 2.5 inches
  • Skyway - 2.5 inches
  • Lazear - 2.2 inches
  • Masonville - 2.2 inches
  • Cattle Creek - 2.1 inches
  • Eckert - 2 inches
  • Crawford - 1.6 inches
  • Rollinsville - 1.5 inches
  • Gypsum - 1.5 inches
  • Nederland - 1.5 inches
  • Rifle - 1.2 inches
  • Fort Collins - 1.2 inches
  • Olathe - 1 inch
  • Buckhorn Mountain - 1 inch
  • Glade Park - 0.8 inch
  • Pitkin - 0.8 inch
  • El Jebel - 0.7 inch
  • Mishawaka - 0.6 inch
  • Parlin - 0.5 inch
  • Bellvue - 0.5 inch
  • Carbondale - 0.5 inch
  • Waverly - 0.5 inch

FORECAST: Full forecast

CLOSURES: Full list of closures

Credit: Peter Stephens

   

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