Journal reporters captured photos this past week that show the wide-ranging impacts of several days of snow in Montezuma and La Plata counties.
Kayden Brooks, 11, climbs up a steep hill at the Cortez BMX track on Saturday as Briana Montoya, 10, wipes out.
Matthew Montoya, 6, sleds down a hill at the Cortez BMX park on Saturday afternoon.
Briana Montoya, 10, laughs as she wipes out at the bottom of a steep hill at the Cortez BMX track on Saturday.
Kayden Brooks, 11, catches some air on his snowboard at the Cortez BMX track on Saturday.
Achilles Archibeque, 4, helps his mom and little sister, Ares, 2, shovel the driveway in Cortez Friday morning.
Good low-elevation snow will improve horse pastures this spring.
A trucker chains up his tires on Friday morning, along with other semitrailers preparing to head north on U.S. Highway 491 during a snowstorm.
A man walks down Montezuma Avenue on Friday morning, with shovel in hand.
Like other schools in Montezuma County, Mancos School District RE-6 canceled classes on Thursday and Friday.
A lone skier trekking up the mountain at Hesperus Ski Area on Friday.
People seek shelter at a restroom at Cortez City Park on Friday morning.
A Cortez Parks and Recreation snowplow rolls down Montezuma Avenue Friday morning as Christopher Wolf breaks out the cross-country skis.
A commercial vehicles were required to chain up on U.S. Highway 491 northbound from Cortez on Friday morning.
A Montezuma County plow clears Road 31 above Dolores Thursday morning.
Cattle get breakfast on Road 25 during a snowstorm.
From left: Amanda, David, and Molly Van Bibber enjoy the snowy streets in Mancos.
The new snow Thursday night left Mancos streets and sidewalks in need of clearing.
Snowplows were hard at work at Hesperus Ski Area Friday around noon.
