Heavy snow forces Colorado flight cancellations, shuts down highway access to ski resorts
LA TimesThe Colorado Capitol in Denver is covered in snow early Thursday. A major storm dumped heavy snow in Colorado on Thursday — forcing flight cancellations and shutting down a highway that connects Denver to Colorado ski resorts. The storm, which began Wednesday night, delivered the slushy, wet snow typical for March, one of the snowiest months in Denver, and wasn’t expected to wind down until Friday morning. “It’s water, ice and it’s very hard for me to lift.” California Monster blizzard shatters California ‘snow drought’ with up to 10 feet of new snow The statewide snowpack by Monday had swelled to 104% of normal for the date, with a snow water equivalent of 24.4 inches. “You know, in my time, I skied, snow-shoed and did all this, and I think Colorado’s incredible for those type of things.” Denver deployed 36 residential plows starting at 3 a.m. Thursday with the plan to shave the top few inches of snow off streets, to help clear paths to main streets.
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