A Colorado Springs, Colo., bus drives past a downed tree limb Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006, as a heavy wet snowstorm buries the city. The powerful snowstorm dumped 18 inches of snow in parts of the Colorado mountains and spread eastward Thursday, snarling traffic and shutting down dozens of school districts.
Robert Tafoya of Boulder, Colo. uses a broom to knock snow off the limbs of trees in his front yard as the snow continues to fall at the end of a storm that hit most of eastern Colorado, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006.
Colorado Springs, Colo., firefighters remove fallen tree branches Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006 after a blizzard blew through the Colorado Springs area dumping several inches of snow and damaging hundreds of trees throughout the downtown area.
A pedestrian crosses Tejon Street at Platte Avenue as snow falls in downtown Colorado Springs, Colo., Thursday morning, Oct. 26, 2006.
A backhoe is used to clear snow on a street near downtown Louisville, Colo., Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006. A potent storm quickly dumped up to 18 inches of snow in the Colorado mountains before moving into the populous Front Range on Thursday, forcing schools and highways to close and canceling scores of flights. (
Leaves and snow fall from a tree after Jordan Patrick knocked the heavy snow off a tree in front of his Colorado Springs, Colo., home after a blizzard slammed into the city Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006. The heavy snow brought down trees and branches throughout the area and also knocking out power.
An unidentified maintenance worker guides a plow to clear a sidewalk of snow in the west Denver suburb of Golden, Colo., Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006.
Traffic sits backed up on Interstate 25 northbound in Colorado Springs, Colo. on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006. A potent winter storm quickly dumped up to 18 inches of snow Thursday, snarling traffic and forcing dozens of school districts to shut down.
Renee Ray looks at fallen branches around her home during a snowstorm, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006, in Louisville, Colo. A potent storm quickly dumped up to 18 inches of snow in the Colorado mountains before moving into the populous Front Range on Thursday, forcing schools and highways to close and canceling scores of flights.
Jason Schluneker takes advantage of the snowy conditions as he snowboards off a picnic bench Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006 in Boulder, Colo. A potent winter storm quickly dumped a significant amount of snow on Thursday, snarling traffic and forcing dozens of school districts to shut down.
A motorist sturggles to guide a pickup truck down snow-covered Airport Road near Aurora, Colo., on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006, after a fall storm packing high winds and heavy snows enveloped Colorado. Forecasters predict that the frigid weather will move out of the state and give way to a warmer weekend.