'Nine months of winter and three months of late fall' as Doc Holliday described the climate here above 9,000ft in Colorado. Reasonably mild for us during the holidays, as we've had a break from the sub-zero temps. Some good things about winter--Since this is a resort area CDOT seems to pay more attention to the roads. You get to meet people from all over the world who come to the resorts here. After you've lived here awhile, 30 degrees is T-shirt weather. 40 below does not really feel much different than 10 below. It's a dry cold. White Christmas guaranteed every year, so far. Best thing, NO ICE STORMS!! Some of the bad things--You get to meet people from all over the world who come to the resorts here. The ground freezes up and freezes deep for a long, long time. If you work, and if you live here you will have a job and unless you're a wealthy second home owner from Texas, you WILL work at this time of year. 50 and 60 hour weeks. I work for a grocery chain and it is my job to assist with getting orders right to be in stock every day and make sure my guys get it on the shelf at night. We have pretty much been doin over $200,000 in sales a day for the last several days, and we have a less than 50,000 sq. ft. sales floor for grocery. That boggles the mind, but not much room to gripe, cause I do get a paycheck. I like to camp, and the national forest is open year round, but when the county plows the roads they block off the turn offs with snow up to 10 ft. high. And the spots you can get into are occupied by the homeless but not jobless people. I really don't hate the winter that much I guess, as this part of the country is used to it dealing with it.
