Skiing and Shovelling and Roofalanches

Last weeks series of storms centered right on the town of Monticello, where the other half of our office is located. Our weather station in the Abajo Mountains recorded close to 60" of snow and an incredible 6" of water, it a was a storm of biblical proportions.

We went down on Wednesday hoping to see if any of the big slide paths had slid, but it was still snowing with little visibility. We dug some pits did some tests and skiied the old Blue Mountain Ski resort.

After coming off the mountain we went down and started digging our Forest Service buildings out so they did not collapse like several buildings did on main street.

Todd and Miles in the abandoned lift shack at the top of the old resort, which makes a nice little warming hut now.

Buried Forest Service truck

The horse barn. I hope the snow on top does not come off and kill one of the horses

Photo from the San Juan Record looking out somebodies door after the storm