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Snow totals from January 22 blizzard

Posted at 12:39 PM, Jan 22, 2019

and last updated 2019-01-23 09:05:06-05

Photo shows the snow drifts at her home in Calhan on Jan. 22, 2019. (Courtesy of Danielle Fox)
Photo courtesy of Daniel Culbterson in Monument on Jan. 22, 2019.
Photo courtesy of El Paso County Search and Rescue. Crews had to rescue stranded drivers off of Judge Orr Road in El Paso County on Jan. 22, 2019.
Avalanche control efforts underway on I-70 near Vail. (Colorado State Patrol)
Photo courtesy of Frank Manno.
Photo courtesy of Michael Aragon showing a car in the median off of I-25 near the Pinon rest area on Jan. 22, 2019.
Monarch Mountain received 11 inches of snow on the morning of Jan. 22, 2019.
A still image shows low visibility on Research Parkway at Powers Boulevard early in the morning on Jan. 22, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Nathan Benavidez)
I-25 near Monument at 4:42 a.m. on Jan. 22, 2019. (KOAA)
Susan Gambill Alexander experienced zero visibility while driving on Woodmen Road at Mohawk Road on Jan. 22, 2019.
Snow drifts reach the height of a fence in Monument on Jan. 22, 2019 (@ZachThaxton)
Heavy snow in Monument on Jan. 22, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Linda Borgerson)
A tiny home was blown over in Cripple Creek during a blizzard on Jan. 22, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Cripple Creek Fire Department)
A tiny home was blown over in Cripple Creek during a blizzard on Jan. 22, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Cripple Creek Fire Department)
A tiny home was blown over in Cripple Creek during a blizzard on Jan. 22, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Cripple Creek Fire Department)
State Patrol captured a truck that ran far off the road off of Highway 109 in Otero County on Jan. 22, 2019. (Courtesy of @CSP_LaJunta)
Banning Lewis Ranch (Katja Champlain)
Air Force Academy (Brittany Carino)
Air Force Academy (Jonna Rose Tamayo)
Banning Lewis Ranch (Katja Champlain)
Black Forest (Angie Griffin Sanders)
Black Forest (Michelle Franco Reynolds)
Calhan (Megan Moore)
Calhan (Nikki Muzljakovich)
Highway 24 (Alasyn Zimmerman)
Highway 24 (Alasyn Zimmerman)
Highway 24 (Alasyn Zimmerman)
Monument (Anya Kotzian)
La Junta (Raeanne Rutledge Garrett)
Monument (Anya Kotzian)
Monument (David Gordon Lilliot)
Northside Pueblo (Jocelyn Tilley)
Palmer Lake (Attila Dobai)
Peyton (Chelsea Benham)
Rachel Flowers
"This photo was taken from my living room showing my back deck in Monument." - Diana O'Toole
Black Forest (Denise Rippel Brown)
Backup from I-25 closure in southern Colorado (Cameo Van Zandt)
Teller County (Cindy Kuhn)
Danielle Fox
Courtesy: Susan Shoop
Courtesy: Tiffany Benefield

Tuesday morning’s blizzard brought better-than-expected snow totals along with brutal wind gusts to southern Colorado.

Here were the most impressive snow totals compiled by News5 and the National Weather Service around southern Colorado:

Monarch Pass: 11 inches
Air Force Academy: 8 inches
Monument: 7.5 inches
La Junta: 7 inches
Woodland Park: 6.5 inches
Rye: 6.5 inches
Wetmore: 6 inches
Beulah: 6 inches
Northgate Blvd (Colorado Springs): 5.6 inches
Westcliffe: 5.5 inches
Rocky Ford: 5 inches
Alamosa: 4.3 inches
Walsenburg: 3.1 inches
Garden of the Gods Road (Colorado Springs): 3 inches
Las Animas: 3 inches
Penrose: 1.5 inches
Colorado City: 1.5 inches
Pueblo Airport: 1.4 inches
Colorado Springs Airport: 1 inch
Highway 50 (Texas Creek): 1 inch

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