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[Aaron]

A snowstorm moved into the area on Tuesday night, October 25. The east side of Rocky Mountain National Park received 12 to 16 inches of snow. The west side of the park received 8 inches of snow. The following photo is courtesy of Rocky Mountain National Park staff. Go to full article for more pictures.





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[DrCloud]

Apparently this also snarled Front Range traffic and closed the schools in Estes Park for the day today (Wednesday). The first big snowfall every year does things like this -- everyone forgets how to drive, and so on. It's nuts.

Which has always made me wonder about the critters. Pictures like that one of the elk (which is probably just looking at the approaching vehicle as much as anything) suggest a sort of "WTF?" confusion about the big change in the environment with snow. Do they remember snow from the previous year? (Do they "remember" in the sense that we understand remembering?)

Anyway, I've read that there's some expectation of a Big Snow Year coming up in Colorado (something to do with a weak La Niña, blah,blah), so maybe Stomp will be successful even if Chaos Canyon is out of commission due to the road construction lower down. HPH

[Bill 007]

I'm waiting for a Big Snow Year in Texas.....
The Stomp is The Stomp...we'll do sumpin' somewhere!

Bill

[randyman]

Very nice, my son and daughter-in-law just came back from there last week. Beautiful scene!

Randyman

[Joyce]

Beautiful!! Only wish I was there.