The snow started flying about 11:30 a.m. in Silverton, 9,308 feet in elevation.<\/p>\n
Dan Bender, spokesman with the La Plata County Sheriff\u2019s Office, said a motorcycle, pickup and tour bus all reported problems on Molas and Coal Bank passes, between Silverton and Durango.<\/p>\n
A chain law for commercial vehicles put into effect about 11:55 a.m. for Coal Bank, Molas and Red Mountain passes was lifted by the Colorado Department of Transportation for Coal Bank and Molas about 1:50 p.m.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now, there is wet snow falling in downtown Silverton, probably 15 to 20 mph breeze and solid overcast,\u201d Bender said at 11:50 a.m. \u201cThere\u2019s accumulation on the vehicles. It\u2019s a real wet snow, but it\u2019s wind-driven.\u201d<\/p>\n
The storm responsible for Friday\u2019s cold front was expected to move from Utah into north-central Colorado on Friday night, bringing 2-4 inches of snow to those mountains.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe northern mountains, north of I-70, look to be favored for any decent accumulation of snow,\u201d Alexsa said. \u201cBut for the San Juans, it doesn\u2019t look like we\u2019ll see too much accumulation tonight (Friday).\u201d<\/p>\n
Forecasters are calling for lingering rain showers through Saturday followed by a dry period Sunday and into early next week.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe next chance for any precipitation looks to be on Wednesday,\u201d Alexsa said. \u201cThat one actually looks to be not too strong or significant.\u201d<\/p>\n