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Fall Snow in Vail

October 13, 2014

Early rounds of snow continue to fall in Vail this October – which makes snow-lovers of both the human and furry variety pretty excited.

Patrol dog Mookie taking in the views on Vail Mountain after we received about 5″ of snow.

A peek into Vail’s Back Bowls after the mid-October snowfall.

The cooler round of temps have even allowed us to start snowmaking operations! Snowmakers will now be blowing snow around the clock, as conditions and temps allow.

 

 

October 2, 2014

Photo by Andrew Taylor 

It’s been a beautiful week here in Vail, with the first real snow accumulations of the season mixing with peak fall foliage. It may be just the beginning of October, but we’ve definitely got winter on the brain!

Here’s what the start of the storm looked like via the Mid-Vail cam, September 29, 2014:

 

And here’s what we woke up to the next morning:

Nothing like that light, beautiful Colorado snow.
Fall and winter compete on the slopes of Vail.
Snow at Mid-Vail, September 30.
Clash of the seasons, taken from the North Trail in Vail, Colorado.   
East Vail, the morning of October 1st.

And here’s what all those days of snow amounted to October 3rd: