Summit County residents woke up to early signs of winter Monday, Sept. 20 — the season’s first dusting of snow to fall as low as Breckenridge.
Paul Schlatter, meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Boulder, said snow fell in Summit County above 9,000 feet. He estimated that 1 to 3 inches of snow accumulated above treeline. Schlatter said the storm that brought the frost was not a strong weather system as it only rained slightly in lower elevations and there was no precipitation east of Summit County. The rain and snow was concentrated along the Continental Divide and Western Slope, including Steamboat Springs and Aspen.
But does this bit of snow mean the peak of fall colors is over? “Not necessarily,” Schlatter said.
