Category: Slide Shows

We had a big snow that started just before the holidays. I was actually skiing on the day that it kicked off. We got about two feet in the first 24 hours and then 4-5 inches a day for several days.

As you can see from the Crested Butte News, we had a total of 99 inches. That’s a little over eight feet. This is the biggest single event storm Carin and I have seen since we moved to Crested Butte. It’s not the biggest accumulation we’re seen (yet, but that could change).

It took me about 2.5 weeks to clear our 12 roof lines, the driveway, the backyard (for the boys) and the path along the windows for our garage. I burned 10 gallons plus of gas in all my snow removal machines. That’s a lot of gas for small engines.

I slipped and fell on some ice in the backyard about a week ago. It nearly knocked me out. Both of my shoes and glasses came off. I’m still sore for that, but I was able to go skiing last Thursday. The snow was great, obviously.

I’ve created an album on my Google photos page that I’m going to add one shot per day that will show Mount Whetstone as we go from summer to fall. I’ve located a spot and I try to set up the same shot everyday. It should be interesting. When I get done with it and all the leaves are down, I’m going to make a video with it.

I really don’t mind the spring snows. We had three inches of fresh last night. Every spring snow goes a long ways to help reduce the fire season…. we can always use more moisture anytime in Colorado.

These photos are from this morning in Crested Butte South.