Snow days in Cortez

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Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019 2:48 PM

Updated: Monday, Feb. 25, 2019 3:57 PM

Kayden Brooks, 11, climbs up a steep hill at the Cortez BMX track on Saturday as Briana Montoya, 10, wipes out.

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Matthew Montoya, 6, sleds down a hill at the Cortez BMX park on Saturday afternoon.

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Briana Montoya, 10, laughs as she wipes out at the bottom of a steep hill at the Cortez BMX track on Saturday.

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Kayden Brooks, 11, catches some air on his snowboard at the Cortez BMX track on Saturday.

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Achilles Archibeque, 4, helps his mom and little sister, Ares, 2, shovel the driveway in Cortez Friday morning.

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Good low-elevation snow will improve horse pastures this spring.

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A trucker chains up his tires on Friday morning, along with other semitrailers preparing to head north on U.S. Highway 491 during a snowstorm.

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A man walks down Montezuma Avenue on Friday morning, with shovel in hand.

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Like other schools in Montezuma County, Mancos School District RE-6 canceled classes on Thursday and Friday.

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A lone skier trekking up the mountain at Hesperus Ski Area on Friday.

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People seek shelter at a restroom at Cortez City Park on Friday morning.

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A Cortez Parks and Recreation snowplow rolls down Montezuma Avenue Friday morning as Christopher Wolf breaks out the cross-country skis.

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A commercial vehicles were required to chain up on U.S. Highway 491 northbound from Cortez on Friday morning.

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A Montezuma County plow clears Road 31 above Dolores Thursday morning.

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Cattle get breakfast on Road 25 during a snowstorm.

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From left: Amanda, David, and Molly Van Bibber enjoy the snowy streets in Mancos.

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The new snow Thursday night left Mancos streets and sidewalks in need of clearing.

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Snowplows were hard at work at Hesperus Ski Area Friday around noon.

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