Colorado resorts enjoy a powder day Tuesday, with one seeing a foot of snow
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On Monday, Jan. 5, winter truly arrived in Colorado. The fluffy white stuff that makes the Rocky Mountains special was falling in abundance throughout the day and overnight, leaving resort-goers happy on Tuesday morning.
The storm outperformed the forecast, which called for only an inch or less snow for most areas in Summit County. No winter weather advisories or alerts were issued, but most areas saw around a half a foot or more snow accumulate.
Here are the 24-hour snow totals according to OpenSnow.com.
- Snowmass, 12 inches
- Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, 9 inches
- Loveland Ski Area, 8 inches
- Aspen Mountain, 7 inches
- Copper Mountain, 7 inches
- Crested Butte, 7 inches
- Buttermilk, 6 inches
- Keystone Resort, 6 inches
- Steamboat Resort, 6 inches
- Vail Mountain, 6 inches
- Winter Park, 6 inches
- Beaver Creek, 5 inches
- Breckenridge Ski Resort, 5 inches
- Eldora, 5 inches
- Granby Ranch, 3 inches
- Sunlight, 2 inches
The snow helped bring the statewide snowpack levels up to the 5th percentile or 64% of the 30-year median. For Summit County, the snowpack rose from the zeroth percentile to the second percentile, which is roughly 58% of the 30-year median.
This was the second most significant storm in terms of adding water volume to the snowpack. The most significant storm was around Dec. 5.
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