Author: Jonathan Ingraham
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Denver weather: Highs Thursday could be 20 degrees above average
Denver won’t near a record high temperature for today’s date on Thursday, however, it will be well above the seasonal average by nearly 20 degrees. The average high temperature for Dec. 11 is 46 degrees. Denver residents can expect partly sunny skies today, with a high near 66, according to the National Weather Service in…
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Wind gust hits 90 mph on Colorado’s Front Range ahead of bleak 10-day snow forecast
Windy weather will dominate parts of Colorado’s high country over the next two days, with gusts between 50-60 mph on ridge tops possible and 30-40 mph at the ski areas in the Front Range and Sawatch mountains. Some light snow is forecast to develop on Wednesday for the northern mountains, but then a possible 10ish-day…
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Denver weather: Sunny and warmer Wednesday, less wind in the city
Windy conditions will mostly stay confined to the Front Range foothills and mountains on Wednesday while in metro Denver more melting of snow, high temperatures in the upper 50s and less wind are all forecast. Denverites can expect sunny skies today, with a high near 58, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder. South…
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Denver weather: Damaging winds possible Tuesday in foothills, breezy in town
A high wind warning is in effect until midnight for parts of the Front Range foothills west of Denver. West winds between 35 to 50 mph, with gusts 80 to 90 mph are possible in the Front Range mountains and northern foothills. Strongest winds will be north of I-70 and east of the Continental Divide.…
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Ski film “Inaccessible” premieres in Boulder, looks at public land access from a skier’s perspective
There are approximately 640 million acres of public land in the United States but roughly 16 million acres of that land is ‘landlocked’ by private owners, making the land inaccessible. Knowing how to access these public lands is another challenge. This notion poses a hurdle and problem for Jackson, Wyoming professional skier Griffin Post, who…
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Large weekend storm drops 33″ of snow at one Colorado spot, snowpack doubles over 7 day stretch
The first big snow storm of winter 2025-26 for Colorado dropped about 10-20 inches in the northern mountains, 8-14 inches in the central mountains and 3-8 inches in the southern mountains. Colorado’s snowpack doubled in both median average and snow water equivalent values over the first seven days of December. Some light snow is forecast…
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Denver weather: More melting on Monday as temperatures climb
Melting snow will continue Monday across metro Denver as the sun is forecast to come out in full as temperatures push into the 50s today. Denverites can expect sunny skies, with a high near 53 today, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder. South winds around 8 mph become west northwest in the afternoon.…
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Heavy blast of snow forecast for Colorado as 2-3 feet could fall over next 2 days
Colorado’s high country is about to receive a big blast of snow over the next two days, with some northern locations possibly seeing between 24-36 inches of snow by Sunday morning. Travel impacts on the state’s northern highways could be difficult both Saturday and Sunday. A winter storm warning is in effect for most of…
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Denver weather: Mostly sunny Friday leads to rainy start to weekend
Metro Denver will get one more day of sunshine with some clouds on Friday before a potentially wet and/or snowy Saturday to close out the work week. Denver residents can expect mostly sunny skies, with a high near 40, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder. South southwest winds between 5 to 8 mph…
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51 acres of private Colorado inholdings secured by land trust in two popular wildernesses
Acquisitions will help to add onto public lands in pristine state ecosystems The Montana-based Wilderness Land Trust announced Wednesday it recently acquired two private inholdings within Colorado wildernesses, expanding 51 acres for future public use. The two properties are the 20-acre Busher Claim in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness and the 31-acre Great Western Lode in…