Less water and moisture mean that fir trees become more vulnerable to attacks by pests that bore into their bark to lay eggs ...

Snow first appears in the mountains at an altitude of about 3,700 feet and starts sticking to trees at 4,300 feet, according to LeConte Lodge. The fresh powder began to fall on Tuesday evening.

Popular ski areas, including Vail, Loveland, Winter Park, Copper Mountain and Keystone can also expect to see between 2 and 7 inches of fresh snow stack up by Wednesday night.

Heavy snow in the mountains will disrupt travel on Tuesday between the Continental Divide and the Front Range Urban Corridor, but the Western Slope will be unaffected aside from a few passing rain ...

NWS forecasting Friday showed the first wave of the storm dropping snow in the high Sierra Friday night then descending closer to valley floors Saturday morning. “The snow levels gradually fall to ...

Updated at 3:28 p.m. Towns along the spine of the Green Mountains could get more than a foot of snow between Wednesday and Thursday, the National Weather Service said.