Scattered snow expected to start in Colorado’s mountains on Tuesday will intensify over the next two days, dropping up to 10 inches of snow on the state’s mountain passes and more than 2 feet on its tallest peaks, according to the National Weather Service.
Travelers should “expect hazardous travel conditions to develop by late Wednesday afternoon, which will continue into Thursday,” weather service forecasters wrote in a hazardous weather outlook.
As of Tuesday, according to the weather service, snowfall amounts are expected to accumulate by 5 a.m. Friday included:
2 inches in Eldora and Grand Lake 4 inches in Winter Park and on Colorado 9’s Hoosier Pass near Breckenridge 5 inches on U.S. 6’s Loveland Pass, U.S. 40’s Berthoud Pass, Colorado 125’s Willow Creek Pass near Granby and Interstate 70’s Vail Pass 7 inches on U.S. 40’s Muddy Pass near Kremmling 9 inches on U.S. 34’s Milner Pass in Rocky Mountain National Park 10 inches on Colorado 14’s Cameron Pass near Fort Collins 27 inches on Mount Zirkel, the tallest peak in the Park Range of Colorado’s Rocky MountainsRelated Articles
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No snow is forecast to accumulate in the Denver area by Friday morning, forecasters said. Rain will be possible in the city between 11 a.m. Thursday and 4 a.m. Saturday, according to the weather service.
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