Southwest Colorado Mountains Get 2 Feet Of Snow
PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colo. (AP/CBS4) - A Christmas snowstorm brought over 2 feet of snow to the mountains of southwestern Colorado through Friday.
Snow was expected to keep falling in the mountains and the Eastern Plains until the evening.
Many skiers were enjoying a great powder day in the Rockies on Friday. Wolf Creek Ski Area says it got 28 inches. Accumulations of 16 inches were reported both at Beaver Creek Resort and on the Grand Mesa, while Eldorado Springs near Boulder got nearly 15 inches of snow.
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Despite relatively lighter snow in Denver, flights at Denver International Airport were delayed by an average of an hour because of de-icing and the extra holiday traffic. About 163,000 passengers were expected to pass through the airport, nearly 20,000 more than on an average day.
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By early next week, another band of snow is expected to move into Colorado, along with single-digit high temperatures across much of the state.
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