Both images are from the Kawuneeche Valley webcam on the west side of Rocky Mountain National Park. Screenshots grabbed on March 5, 2023, just two hours apart.
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Both images are from the Kawuneeche Valley webcam on the west side of Rocky Mountain National Park. Screenshots grabbed on March 5, 2023, just two hours apart.
Boy, some whiteout !!
Happens often in the mountains. Interesting as long as you don’t have to drive in it.
Looks like my backyard this morning …
Are you catching a lot of that white stuff hitting SoCal?
yup, it’s hitting SoCal and the central coast and then straight for us.
Stay safe and warm!
Wow!
It can happen a lot faster than two hours and can take you completely by surprise if you don’t see it coming.
Looks like that came up & over maybe 20 minutes ago. Had been light delicate flurries. Then a gust of wind shook the house and suddenly it was a whiteout! The ground is white (again) but not enough to measure.
Gotta keep you Estes folks on your toes! But yes, when you’re down in a valley, it can really sneak up on you. I guess our balmy week is about to end.
Wow, it’s a long time since I’ve experienced a whiteout. I grew up in Northern Alberta, so I’m sure we had them, but I think we thought of them as blizzards.
My freshman year at CU, we were headed to A-Basin to ski. Going over the pass, we suddenly encountered a whiteout. I distinctly remember thinking, “If it weren’t for gravity, I wouldn’t even know which direction was up.”