Nicely, welcome to fall—or, is it winter? Lower than 24 hours after the official start to fall within the northern hemisphere, a blanket of snow had fallen in high-elevation areas of Rocky Mountain Nationwide Park, making it appear like a winter wonderland . . . in September.
“It’s at the moment snowing within the excessive elevation areas of Rocky Mountain Nationwide Park,” the park wrote in an Instagram publish earlier this week. “Snow began to fall at Alpine Customer Focus on 5 p.m. final night time and it’s nonetheless snowing in areas above 10,000 toes in elevation.”
[RELATED: Top 10 State Parks for Fall Foliage Hikes]
A slew of involved feedback made it clear that folk with plans to go to the park this week weren’t thrilled in regards to the snowy situations. Others observe that temperatures are nonetheless within the 90s different locations within the nation.
Take a look at the very-early-fall snow in Rocky Mountain Nationwide Park:
For up to date climate info at Rocky Mountain Nationwide Park, verify the park’s webpage at https://www.nps.gov/romo/index.htm.
Header inventory picture of Rocky Mountain Nationwide Park by Douglas Rissing/Getty Photographs