Heard there was an inch or more in many places.

well at least in CA, they have been calling for showers a couple times in the past month which is unheard of. you don't get precipitation after march

Yup. The Park (RMNP) got a few inches. It wasn't all melted as of yesterday morning. It went down to the mid-40's here in Denver that night... And I could still hear peoples' air conditioners kicking on all night.

my friend who lives up seatle said they got dumped on with snow a couple weeks ago in the cascades. so yea winter is coming

I blame Bush for failing to respond to the phenomenon of global cooling.

Yup, there's been snow. Meeker and Longs were collectively dusty last week, but it melted pretty quick. The central mountains also received their first real snowfall in the last week. I was bivying up at Sky Pond in RMNP last Saturday, and there was no new snow there (though there were 12 hours of howling wind, which convinced us not to do the Petit Grepon after all... ) Loveland ski area has pretty good webcams if you want to keep yourself up to date on the snow in CO. They're usually the first to open.
-Carissa

Jackson Hole got an inch or two up top last Saturday. Hope it's a harbinger of a good ski season, because the weather there last week pretty much washed out my climbing plans.

High Sierras got a bunch of snow last weekend, generally above 9,000 feet. A friend in SLC reported that Alta got some snow on the upper slopes the other day. Glad to hear the Jackson Hole news! I'm headed back out there (3rd year in a row) in January (the snowiest month!). Can't friggin' wait!

Alta got 6" yesterday, Snowbird got 2". Winter is on in SLC County.

last year i was already skiing by now. can't wait to get home this weekend and check out the snow.

Some snow at Timberline, Oregon...

I woke up this morning to find 5 inches of fresh snow on my porch. We're supposed to get 12 to 18 inches today in Denver. They're calling for up to 3 feet up in the mountains. 3 feet!

It's on!

(And the truly amazing thing is that I was climbing in shorts and a t-shirt on Saturday.)

Here's a photo-report from a trip in the Colorado back country 10/15-16