The latest mountains coverage from across Colorado.
A chairlift climbs toward snow-dusted peaks at Loveland Ski Area, where the first snow of the 2026-2027 season fell on Tuesday morning, Oct. 13. The ski area sits inside the northern mountains advisory zone for Wednesday afternoon through Thursday morning.
Three National Weather Service offices posted advisories Tuesday for the northern, central and San Juan mountains. Loveland recorded its first snow of the season the same morning.
County commissioners voted unanimously to pursue a five-year special-use permit starting in 2027, with vehicle fees rising from $10 to $30 to cover $5 million to $7 million in deferred maintenance.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife's Oct. 2 reminder asks Coloradans to display pumpkins indoors through Halloween after reports of bears devouring porch pumpkins and feasting on gourds outside grocery stores.
Gov. Jared Polis and Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced the 2026 Human-Bear Conflict Reduction Grant recipients on Sept. 29. Twelve projects got their full request and five got partial awards; the 17 awards total exactly $1 million, most of it for bear-resistant cans and dumpsters.
Wildlife officials confirmed a fourth reproducing pack this summer while pausing new reintroductions and lethally removing wolves after livestock depredations.
