Another winter storm brought additional snowfall to the high country. Storm totals included: 8 inches at Berthoud Pass, Cameron Pass, Joe Wright SNOTEL and Zirkel SNOTEL; 6 inches at Arapahoe Ridge SNOTEL, Bear Lake, Columbine SNOTEL, Lake Irene and Never Summer; with 5 inches at the Eisenhower Tunnel.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS BOU wrote it up.
Another winter storm brought additional snowfall to the high country. Storm totals included: 8 inches at Berthoud Pass, Cameron Pass, Joe Wright SNOTEL and Zirkel SNOTEL; 6 inches at Arapahoe Ridge SNOTEL, Bear Lake, Columbine SNOTEL, Lake Irene and Never Summer; with 5 inches at the Eisenhower Tunnel.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, December 2010
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 268377, 268378, 268379.