Summit County residents awoke Friday to views of a fresh dusting of snow above tree line on the area’s high-Alpine peaks.
“As expected, we saw snow across the mountains on Thursday night,” Open Snow founding meteorologist Joel Gratz wrote on his blog Friday.
“Most of the snow fell at and above 10,000 feet, though there were some accumulations down to 9,500 feet in spots.”
The first snow came a few weeks earlier than usual, but summertime snow is not uncommon on high peaks in Summit County. In 2020, the first snow fell Sept. 8, and in 2019, the first flakes were spotted Sept. 12, according to local ski areas’ social media accounts.
