Hidden Lakes Press
Information for Recreation in Colorado and the Rockies
The morning of 17 March 2003 weather report called for heavy snow starting in the afternoon. That was an understatement. As predicted snow began falling on that Monday afternoon. It was wet and heavy. The storm that brought it was the result of an upslope system bringing moisture from the Gulf Coast. A low pressure system held the storm against the northern Front Range. By evening there was two feet of snow on the ground in east Clear Creek County. When the storm ran out of moisture on Friday, about eight feet of the white stuff had accumulated. Clear Creek County Road and Bridge workers were able to begin clearing roads in our community Friday afternoon after the snow began to taper off. By Saturday afternoon the roads on our hill were opened sufficiently to allow residents to get out to go to jobs or shopping. Six weeks after the storm remnants of snow finally began to disappear.
The pile of snow between two trees is our friend's van. The boxy shape to the right is our travel trailer.
Neighbors Bill and Jeanni Gardner made their way to our place on snowshoes
to get gas for their snow blower. Kind of makes a person wonder why.
Our road on Saturday morning of 22 March.
A front-end loader breaks through the snow to make a path for the county's
road grader.
Front-end loader making progress slowly.
By Saturday afternoon the roads were cleared enough for one vehicle to get
through.
This is why Jean doesn't need a snow blower.
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