Clouds clung to the west Needle Mountains on Tuesday morning, a day after a Pacific storm unloaded more than a foot of snow in the San Juan Mountains north of Durango. Skies are mostly clear for the remainder of the week, with high temperatures in the mid- to upper-40s, according to the National Weather Service in Grand Junction.
Storm clouds break apart showing snow-covered cliffs on Tuesday morning near Needles south of Purgatory Resort. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Aspens got a frosting on Tuesday morning north of Durango after a storm moved through the area. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A clear U.S. Highway 550 greeted motorists on Tuesday morning north of Durango after a storm moved through. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Storm clouds begin to break apart Tuesday morning revealing a snow-covered Engineer Mountain. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Storm clouds begin to break apart showing snow-covered cliffs on Tuesday morning near Needles south of Purgatory Resort. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Aspens are covered with snow on Tuesday morning north of Durango after a storm moved through. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Clouds break apart above the Animas Valley on Tuesday morning. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Aspens display their recently acquired frosting Tuesday morning north of Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Tourists break out the sleds at Purgatory Resort on Tuesday morning after a storm moved through leaving more than a foot of snow in the San Juan Mountains. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The west Needles look spectacular on Tuesday morning north of Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A clear U.S. Highway 550 greeted motorists on Tuesday morning north of Durango after a storm moved through Southwest Colorado. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
What a difference one storm makes at Purgatory Resort. A storm moved out of Southwest Colorado on Tuesday afternoon leaving more than a foot of snow in the San Juan Mountains. Two days earlier the bare slopes had skiers worried. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Warm temperatures for opening day Saturday at Purgatory Resort meant skiing was confined to short runs on artificial snow. But a storm moved through the area Monday night and early Tuesday, and that has changed everything. The storm left more than a foot of snow in the San Juan Mountains. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
