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Cold temperatures Sunday night brought Beaver Creek its first measurable snowfall of the season.
EAGLE COUNTY — Predicting the weather has never been a passion of Frank Doll’s.
But he can tell you what the weather used to be like and what it’s doing now, he said.
“The leaves have turned on exactly the day they were supposed to,” Doll said. “That’s a matter of physics and mathematics.”
Locals woke up to snow on Vail and Beaver Creek’s slopes Monday morning. Monday’s low pressure system was expected to bring clear skies and below-freezing temperatures early Tuesday morning.
The cold weather and snow on Vail Mountain reminded Steve Sheridan that people would be making their first turns soon.
“It’s always great to see — it gets people fired up,” said Sheridan, general manager of Performance Sports in Vail.
John Rosenfeld, owner of Johnie’s Gardens in Minturn, and his employees can’t wait for the ski season.
“A lot of them actually go to work for the winter,” he said.
Rosenfeld expects to sell plenty of Christmas trees even though Johnie’s Gardens does most of his business during summer.
A La Nina is forming in the Pacific Ocean, so with a little luck that could mean lots of snow, said Dan McLaren, a ski tech for Vail Ski Tech and the Vail shop’s meteorologist, according to one employee. According to the Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is characterized by an unusually cold ocean temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific.
“I get to pick the waxes, so I’m hoping I’ll get to use a lot of cold wax this year,” McLaren said.
Eagle County Sheriff Joe Hoy estimated that calls to sheriff’s deputies would decrease for crimes such as car burglaries due to cold weather. But more car accidents would occur than during the summer, he said.
“I really can’t tell you. We’ve never done a study on that,” said Hoy, adding that Monday must have been a slow day for news.
Beaver Creek Mountain got three inches of snow overnight Monday, said Spokeswoman Christina Schleicher.
Vail Mountain got trace amounts of snow overnight Monday, but nothing measurable.
“We look forward to the October storms that can produce measurable snowfall that can have an impact on season snowpack,” Vail Resorts Spokeswoman Jen Brown said.
Doll, an 86-year-old long-time Eagle resident, doesn’t particularly care about cold weather.
“I hope it snows sometime for the thousands of people that benefit from it here, but I don’t care,” Doll said.
Staff Writer Steve Lynn can be reached at 748-2931 or slynn@vaildaily.com.
But he can tell you what the weather used to be like and what it’s doing now, he said.
“The leaves have turned on exactly the day they were supposed to,” Doll said. “That’s a matter of physics and mathematics.”
Locals woke up to snow on Vail and Beaver Creek’s slopes Monday morning. Monday’s low pressure system was expected to bring clear skies and below-freezing temperatures early Tuesday morning.
The cold weather and snow on Vail Mountain reminded Steve Sheridan that people would be making their first turns soon.
“It’s always great to see — it gets people fired up,” said Sheridan, general manager of Performance Sports in Vail.
John Rosenfeld, owner of Johnie’s Gardens in Minturn, and his employees can’t wait for the ski season.
“A lot of them actually go to work for the winter,” he said.
Rosenfeld expects to sell plenty of Christmas trees even though Johnie’s Gardens does most of his business during summer.
A La Nina is forming in the Pacific Ocean, so with a little luck that could mean lots of snow, said Dan McLaren, a ski tech for Vail Ski Tech and the Vail shop’s meteorologist, according to one employee. According to the Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is characterized by an unusually cold ocean temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific.
“I get to pick the waxes, so I’m hoping I’ll get to use a lot of cold wax this year,” McLaren said.
Eagle County Sheriff Joe Hoy estimated that calls to sheriff’s deputies would decrease for crimes such as car burglaries due to cold weather. But more car accidents would occur than during the summer, he said.
“I really can’t tell you. We’ve never done a study on that,” said Hoy, adding that Monday must have been a slow day for news.
Beaver Creek Mountain got three inches of snow overnight Monday, said Spokeswoman Christina Schleicher.
Vail Mountain got trace amounts of snow overnight Monday, but nothing measurable.
“We look forward to the October storms that can produce measurable snowfall that can have an impact on season snowpack,” Vail Resorts Spokeswoman Jen Brown said.
Doll, an 86-year-old long-time Eagle resident, doesn’t particularly care about cold weather.
“I hope it snows sometime for the thousands of people that benefit from it here, but I don’t care,” Doll said.
Staff Writer Steve Lynn can be reached at 748-2931 or slynn@vaildaily.com.
This week’s forecast:
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. Calm wind becoming west between 5 and 10 mph.Tuesday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. West southwest wind between 5 and 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Wednesday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 33.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 74.
Thursday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 66.
Friday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35.
Source: National Weather Service
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