Let’s start with the good news.  A powerful system is on its way to Colorado, originating near the Aleutian Islands of Alaska but also pulling moisture in the warmer southern waters of the Pacific Ocean.  It looks set to come in on multiple waves between Saturday night and early Tuesday.  Probably a brief lull after […]

From now until Saturday it looks to be way too warm in the mountains.  However, good news is coming.  The weather finally looks to get better (that means more snow and cold) on Sunday (11/8) as a trough arrives bringing moisture from the west.  More systems may be swinging by after that, and temperatures drop […]

All,                 Let’s start by looking backwards as that’s more interesting than looking forwards.  Let’s revel in the storm that just hit us.  Eldora got 10” of snow, with more snow falling on some of the worst spots of the East Troublesome fire and Cameron Peak fire.  There was 6” at my house in Golden, […]

We’re in for a wild few days of weather, and let’s all hope for as much precipitation as possible to help slow the spread of the horrid forest fires.  As discussed below, there’s a good chance for a foot or more of snow on Sunday. Here are the details.  A powerful and complicated storm has […]

Hi everyone.  Although not really ski season yet, I thought I’d give a quick report on the upcoming storm, which will be our third real snowfall of the year.  Let’s hope this one comes in strong – not for skiing as such, but to help reduce the fires and the fire danger. A (hopefully strong) […]