High Country Snow

ruger1022 · Jun 20, 2019

Cashed in on an early high country wilderness only rifle deer hunt this year in central CO, and I was looking at doing a little scouting this summer. With all the snow we got this year, I was wondering when the snow will be melted enough to pack in and check out the country?

Bluehair · Jun 20, 2019

If the road to the trailhead is open you should be ok. Looks to me like the biggest problem could be creek crossings. It looked to me like the snowpack was a little heavier in th SW. With the disclaimer that conditions will vary widely of course.

Bluehair
Splitting my time time between the winter and summer range......
May you live long enough to cash in those preference points. Amen

Elkduds · Jun 20, 2019

Check the weather forecast for Leadville this Saturday night, 6/22/19.

txhunter58 · Jun 20, 2019

I would wait until sometime in August. You need not only the snow melted but the forage to be lush so that the bucks will be in the areas you will be hunting in September.

txhunter58

venor, ergo sum (I hunt, therefore I am)

Gunnihunter · Jun 21, 2019

Txhunter is probably correct about this year. It could be several weeks yet before the snow is gone. It's supposed to be very cool again this weekend, but then it's finally getting warm next week. Watch the road cameras on the passes and look at the mountains in the background at cotrip.org
Good luck on your hunt.

Bluehair · Jun 21, 2019

Lone cone yesterday. Snow is still in the trees.

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Bluehair
Splitting my time time between the winter and summer range......
May you live long enough to cash in those preference points. Amen

feddoc · Jun 21, 2019

LAST EDITED ON Jun-21-19 AT 08:26AM (MST)[p]Possibility of snow in the next couple days for South Central CO.

And this...

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ruger1022 · Jun 21, 2019

Dang, I'll probably be waiting to get in there for a good month or so then, but I'm not going to complain. I heard last year the high country dried out in September before the early rifle and muzz hunt, and most of the deer left. I don't think that's going to happen this year.

Focoelkman · Jun 21, 2019

Its snowing.

Comules · Jun 21, 2019

The weather forecast for the next couple of days on the western slope is Thunder Storms. High temp 61 low of 39 this is in the valley. Sunday up to 65 and Monday up to 75. It will get up to 86 for a hight by next Sunday the 30th. I'm loving it! It's still going to be awhile before all the snow is gone in the high country.