4L Ranch Snow Related Page
At 7000-feet (2133-meters) along the Palmer
Divide region of the Colorado Front Range, snow sometimes falls fairly heavily.
Winter 2009-2011
Winter 1997-1998
One such storm dumped over 24-inches "on the flat." In front of our
garage, we had 45-inch drifts. The deepest drift Woody personally measured was
66-inches down near the barn (there may have been deeper ones but we couldn't
get to them). All pasture animals had been brought into the barn during the
height of the blizzard.
Above: Lorelei always keeps the birds fed and watered during the winter months. The bird waterer is heated.
Above, Jon and Rachel bundled up against the elements. After snowing for three days, it took us another two days to dig out so that we could reach the main road. Even with the four-wheel-drive, studded snow tires, and tire chains on all four wheels, our road was impassible. These "high-tech" driving aids don't help at all if the tires can't touch the ground through all the snow.
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