A winter storm moved through the area on the first day of sping Thursday leaving several inches of snow in the Animas Valley and more than a foot of snow in the San Juan Mountains.
Thanks to the warmer temperatures creating open water a bald eagle snatches breakfast from a pond on Thursday morning in the Animas Valley. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A bald eagle eats its breakfast after snatching a fish from a pond on Thursday morning in the Animas Valley. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
After eating its breakfast of a small a fish a bald eagle heads off looking for its net meal on Thursday morning in the Animas Valley. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Norm Fish clears his driveway on Thursday near Purgatory Resort after about a foot of snow fell overnight. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Thanks to the hard work of the Colorado Department of Transportation plow drivers working through the night U.S. Highway 550 in the mountains on Thursday was open to Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Purgatory Resort area resident Nic Ratliff cleans his truck off on Thursday after about a foot of snow fell overnight. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A fresh blanket of snow on Thursday covered the Animas Valley on the first day of spring. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A sign over U.S. Highway 550 near Purgatory Resort lets drivers know that Red Mountain Pass is closed on Thursday after heavy snow fall fall on the mountain. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A couple takes a walk in the fresh snow in the Animas Valley on Thursday on the first day of spring. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A robin in the Animas Valley on Thursday sits as it snows on the first day of spring. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Thanks to the hard work of the Colorado Department of Transportation plow drivers working through the night U.S. Highway 550 in the mountains on Thursday was open to Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Steve Ross clears his driveway on Thursday near Purgatory Resort after about a foot of snow fell overnight. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Thanks to the hard work of the Colorado Department of Transportation plow drivers working through the night U.S. Highway 550 in the mountains on Thursday was open to Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Snowmobilers head up U.S. Highway 550 on Thursday for the fresh snow in the mountains. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
With fresh snow Cascade Creek makes for a beautiful setting on Thursday after a foot of snow fell overnight. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
