Snow reports on this Fri and a lookl at additonal snow

04/18/25 8:40am: Happy snowy Friday! Storm is panning out about as expected so far with some good snowfall over parts of the front-range mountains and foothills and some light to moderate amounts on the front-range (Den/Bou). We have much more snow to come...

In fact it's currently snowing hard at my house in Westminster with temperature of 29 degs an about 1" of snow so far (as of 8am: 0.7" of snow with 0.09" swe).

Heaviest snow on the front-range so far as been over the norther front-range in Boulder and Larimer counties as expected. Here are some notable morning reports from CoCoRaHS (this will not even be close to final totals as models show much more snow this evening).

Estes Park 1.7 W: 6.4"
Nederland 2.8 NE: 5.6"
Allenspark 0.9 W: 5.5"
Horsetooth Mountain 3.2 NNW: 5.0"
Pinecliffe 2.5 WNW: 4.7"
Bellvue 5.9 W: 4.4"
Loveland 4.0 W: 4.0"
Boulder 1.8 NW: 3.9"
Dumont 2.0 WNW: 3.2"
Lyons 0.3 NNE: 2.8"
Conifer 3.5 NW: 2.7"
Fort Collins 2.3 S: 1.6"
Wheat Ridge 2.5 ESE: 1.2"
Lafayette 2.5 NW: 1.0"
Denver 0.2 NNW (Botanic Gardens): 0.5"

Ouray .23 NNW: 5.6"
Leadville 6.3 S: 3.5"
Montrose 7.3 ENE: 2.8"
Ridgway 3.6 NW: 2.8"
Fairplay 2.7 WNW: 1.8"
Silverthorne 2.8 SSW: 1.5"

And good to see some decent snow in the mountains as well, especially for the front-range mountains and eastern Summit Co near A-Basin, Winter Park, Berthoud Pass and Eldora:

A-Basin: 7" (11" now)
Winter Park: 6" (8" now)
Eldora: 5" (7" now)
Steamboat: 3"
Breck: 3"
Snowmass: 3"
Loveland: 3"
Copper: 3"
Aspen Mtn: 3"
Vail: 2"

Anyway, much more snow to come. For Den/Bou and the front-range the most consistent snow and best accumulation will be from 4pm today through 4am Sat: Additional 2-6" for lower elevation and 4-10" additional for the foothills.

For the north-central mountains snow today, then heavier snow from 3pm today through 9amSaturday: Additional 6-14", favoring the front-range mountains (A-Basin, Loveland, Berthoud, Winter Park, Eldora, IPW, RMNP)

How much snow do you have now?

Oh yeah, I also heard that I-70 westbound is closed between Golden and Silverthorne right now.

First two images are current views of Winter Park and Eldora snow-stakes. Image 3 shows top 24hr snow reports form CoCoRaHS. Image 4 is current radar over CO. Image 5 show forecast additional snowfall over the next 48hrs (6am this morning to 6am Sun), take amounts with grain of salt.