This morning we had about 9-10" of snow that arrived late Sunday night. On Saturday, we did a walk up the road behind us and watched a couple of people ski down the edge of Buffalo Mtn. In Denver, they set a new record high temperature on Apr 2nd at 84 degrees. On Sunday, I70 was closed in both directions from Denver to Vail.
Yesterday, it was clear and summer like with the temperature reaching 57 degrees. In the front range they had record high reading of 73. 24 hours later, we are having a snow storm, blowing winds with wind chills at 5 F.
It does not appear that we will get major snow accumulation as much of the storm is dumping north of us in the Steamboat Springs area.
The bunny rabbit that was consuming lots of grass the past few days seemed to know that a storm was on it's way. He is now tucked deep in the willows with a full stomach waiting out the storm.
Storm must be coming to an end since the animals are out today. I watched this bunny emerge from the willows and wonder all around our property looking for food. Also the deer made a straight path up the side of our hill behind us. I have not yet seen the fox but expect he will be out soon.
We had about another 4-5" last night but today it is clear blue sky and hopefully the end of the storm.
Another 5-6" of snow last night. At about 9AM, I used the snow blower on the driveway and shoveled the decks and steps. It stopped snowing about 11AM and then started again about 1PM. By 3:30PM, it was time to shovel snow again as 4-5" had fallen. I could have done the drive way again but decided to wait until tomorrow when Helen can take a video of me using the snow blower. I plan to post that on the website.
Helen and our friend Janet went skiing at Vail today. Almost the total mountain was open including the back bowls. It took them 30 minutes to get from I-70 turn off at Vail to the parking lot because of traffic. They had a great time skiing and said there was a lot of powder.
When they were driving back there was an accident at the Copper off ramp and they had to sit in the car for almost 1.5 hrs before it was cleared. They were about 10 cars from the accident.
It started snowing again yesterday afternoon and we woke up to another 12+" of new powder. Helen and Melody headed to Copper for a couple hours. I used the snow blower to clear the driveway and a path to our deck with hot tub. Now I need a small snow blower for our outside deck. I don't mind shoveling snow when it is less than 6" but a foot + gets old really fast and especially since I did it yesterday. Hopefully, we won't have to shovel again today.
Last evening we went to the Summit High School Music Concert. Our neighbor's son Tyler and Don and Linda Coleman's son Kevin play trombones in the bands. Summit High School has an excellent music program with nearly 100 students and put a wonderful holiday concert each year.
Last year as we left the concert, a winter storm hit and we could hardly see to drive home. This year was basically the same. It started to snow as we arrived at the HS and by the time we left it was a full winter storm although not as blinding as last year. We woke up this morning to over 9.5" of snow on our deck.
After an early morning conference call (1.5hrs) with Helen's UK customer, she excused herself and told them that she was going skiing. Helen went with our friends, Dave and Marilyn, to Copper. This was her first time out this season and the fresh powder was really great although Copper had only reported 4" at 5:30AM.
Weather predictions are for it to continue to snow for the next couple days and we could get an additional 1-1.5' of snow before Sunday.
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