Snowboarders and skiers heading to ski resorts are clogging Interstate 70 as several inches of new snow is forecast.
The north and central mountains could get between 2 and 4 inches of new snow today, while the southern peaks could get another 1 to 3 inches, said Jim Kalina, spokesman for the National Weather Service in Boulder.
There is a snow advisory in the San Juan Mountains, which in the past few days has received up to 10 inches of new snow, Kalina said.
“There’s quite a bit of snow there,” he said this morning.
Eastbound I-70 is closed in Glenwood Springs because of icy road conditions and numerous accidents, said Mike Murray, a spokesman for the Colorado Transportation Department.
Most of the way up into the mountains on I-70 is fairly dry until around the Eisenhower Tunnel, Murray said.
In Denver, there is about a 20 percent chance of snow today, Kalina said. Temperatures could rise to about 50 today and increase to a high of about 62 by Sunday, he said.
A new weaker storm system was headed to Colorado by Monday and will drop temperatures by about 15 degrees; there will be about a 10 percent chance of snow in Denver, Kalina said.
“It probably won’t affect us too much,” he said.
Temperatures should go back up to the 50s by Wednesday, Kalina said.
Kirk Mitchell: 303-954-1206 or kmitchell@denverpost.com
