7 hrs. of shoveling

My brother and I shoveled 7 hrs. today nonstop to clear our roof and create portals to the windows in the basement apartment. A nasty ice-dam on the roof had water dripping in. Got it done just in time as another storm is moving in.

While on the roof shoveling, we witnessed quite an avalanche run up Camp Bird Road.

Mountains of Snow

Khris zooms away from his shop in the best-suited transport for the season.


David, our newspaper man crossing the steet.

Snowpiles to match our peaks.

Ice Festival

The 13th annual Ouray Ice Festival starts today!

Red Mountain Pass Reopens

Avalanche Danger

For some time this past week, every mountain pass in SW Colorado was closed. Red Mountain Pass, the one to our South was the last to open after a six day closure.

About 70" of accumulated snow is reported at the Red Mountain Pass snowtel site


According to the MDP
The U.S. Hwy. 550 corridor, which includes Red Mountain, Molas and Coal Bank passes, includes 63 named avalanche slide paths.

Paths that have never run, as well as some that haven’t run in more than 40 years, delivered avalanches resulting from the recent storm, according to a CDOT press release.