The first snow has fallen in Colorado’s high mountains.
National Weather Service meteorologists on Thursday confirmed a light dusting on mountains west of metro Denver, including Rocky Mountain National Park. Snow also settled atop Pikes Peak, west of Colorado Springs.
Arapahoe Basin, Keystone, Breckenridge and Copper Mountain all saw snow on the upper reaches of their ski mountains, as did the higher peaks of Summit County including Quandary Peak. A-Basin and Keystone will be vying to become the first Colorado ski area to open for the season, shooting for first tracks in October.
The snow fell at elevations as low as 11,000 feet above sea level in the mountains, meteorologists said. It won’t last long as temperatures rise.
On Thursday, temperatures were expected to stay in the 70s as thunderstorms rolled over the Front Range in the morning, mostly south of Interstate 70.
Over the weekend, forecasters anticipated warmer weather with high temperatures around 90 degrees.
Reporter John Meyer contributed to this report.
