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Colorado weather: Light snow falls overnight in mountains

Up to 4 inches of snow forecast for Colorado’s mountains from Tuesday into Wednesday morning

Hikers make their way around a snow covered Nymph Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Hikers make their way around a snow covered Nymph Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Lauren Penington of Denver Post portrait in Denver on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
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Light snow will fall Tuesday overnight into Wednesday in Colorado’s mountains, with minimal accumulation expected, according to the National Weather Service.

As of Tuesday morning, from the weather service included:

  • Traces of snow in Breckenridge, Castle Rock, Georgetown, Grand Lake and Nederland, with up to 1/2 inch possible.
  • 1/2 inch at Eldora, the Keystone Ski Area Summit and Winter Park, with up to 1 inch possible.
  • 1/2 inch on Colorado 9’s Hoosier Pass near Breckenridge, U.S. 40’s Rabbit Ears Pass near Steamboat Springs, Interstate 70’s Vail Pass and Colorado 125’s Willow Creek Pass near Granby. Up to 1 inch will be possible.
  • 1 inch on U.S. 6’s Loveland Pass, U.S. 34’s Milner Pass in Rocky Mountain National Park and U.S. 40’s Berthoud Pass near Winter Park. Up to 2 inches of snow will be possible.
  • 3 inches on Colorado 14’s Cameron Pass near Fort Collins, with up to 4 inches possible.

Snow was already falling early Tuesday morning in parts of Colorado’s mountains, and was forecast to continue through 4 a.m. Wednesday, according to .

In lower-elevation areas expecting snow, the wave of winter weather likely won’t arrive until after 5 p.m. Tuesday, .

No snow is expected to accumulate in the Denver area, but forecasters said up to 1/2 inch of snow will be possible if the storm is stronger than anticipated.

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