On the heels of a storm that dropped up to 36 inches of snow in some parts of the state over a 72-hour period, another round of big snow is headed for Colorado.
Over the last three days, double-digit snow totals landed on many of the state’s tallest peaks. According to mapping from the National Weather Service (NWS), peaks that got the deepest totals were those west of Montrose, as well as those in the area of the Grand Mesa – about 30 to 36 inches in places hit the hardest. After all that snow, the state’s snowpack level is at about 90 percent of the norm for March 16.
After a day or so of dryness, more wintery weather will be incoming, most likely to hit between Tuesday morning and Wednesday morning and once again expected to bring widespread snowfall to the state’s mountainous region…