Colorado sees early snowfall

WINTER PARK, Colo., Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Colorado had an early snowfall in thehigh country over the weekend, getting residents revved up for ski season, KMGH-TV in Denver reported.Winter Park saw heavy snow Saturday, good news for Winter Park Ski Resort. Although the resort does not open until mid-November, the snow is a sign thatcrowds will be back soon." Oh yeah. There's a lot of people who start jumping up and down and breakingout their skis and tuning up their equipment for sure," says Darcy Morse,spokeswoman for Winter Park Ski Resort. Steamboat Springs got about six inches of snow Saturday. The Colorado Department of Transportation had snowplows out, but said verylittle snow was sticking to the roads.