Denver, Colorado – After 36 hours of relentless snow, Colorado’s Front Range and high plains are finally seeing the last flurries of the massive winter storm. This storm, the largest in about three years in many areas, left a blanket of snow across the region. Western parts of the Denver metro area received 20 to 24 inches of snow, while the higher elevations in the Front Range accumulated around 4 feet of snow. In Colorado Springs, a record-breaking 10 inches fell on Thursday, marking the most snow in a single day since the late 1990s.

The National Weather Service reported that conditions were slowly improving on Friday morning following the storm. However, it will still take time for communities to dig out from the heavy snowfall. Many schools and businesses remained closed on Friday, including the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Interstate 70 and Route 6 through Loveland Pass were closed at the height of the storm, leading to residual delays and cancellations at Denver International Airport. Tens of thousands of residents lost power, with some still in the dark on Friday morning, according to online tracker poweroutage.us.

Despite the significant snowfall in the foothills, Denver itself received relatively low amounts of snow. The city’s official weather records, kept at Denver International Airport, only registered 5.7 inches of snow. However, surrounding areas saw higher accumulations, with downtown Denver receiving 8 to 12 inches of snow, and the west and southwest suburbs getting 15 to 24 inches.

Across the Front Range, from Estes Park to Woodland Park, many locations reported between 2 and 4 feet of snow, with Nederland receiving a whopping 53 inches. Other notable totals included 46 inches in Eldora, 45.7 inches in Genesee, and 40 inches just south of Manitou Springs.

This storm helped boost snowfall amounts in the mountainous regions, while areas in the Colorado high plains still remain below average for the season. Denver is inching closer to its long-term snowfall average of 48 inches, with hopes for more storms to close the gap. Similarly, Colorado Springs has seen above-average snowfall this season, with a significant snow event on Thursday not seen since 1997.

As temperatures begin to rise and the snow starts to melt, an active storm pattern may bring more snow opportunities in the coming weeks. Denver typically doesn’t see its last inch of snow until late April, suggesting that winter weather may not be over just yet.