An end-of-season snow storm dropped several inches of snow throughout the Four Corners area. For some, it was not a very welcomed sight. For others, it was a sight to behold.

It was a snow day for three area baseball teams.

The storm, which came into the area Friday evening, March 16, and was gone by early Saturday morning, March 17, but it dropped enough snow to cancel prep baseball games in Cortez and Aztec. The championship game of the annual Cortez JV Baseball Tournament on Saturday was completely canceled. Dolores, which won two games on Friday (see related story) beating Cortez JVs and Ignacio, was scheduled to take on Bayfield, winners over Kirtland-Central JVs and Dolores County, at Parque de Vida, in the title game. Dolores County was to play for third place. Those games will not be made up, according to Mike Allison, MCHS athletic director.

Snow also forced cancellation of the sixth annual Aztec Invitational Baseball Tournament in that northwestern New Mexico town. Montezuma-Cortez was to play for fifth place of the tourney, after it advanced into that game by beating Pagosa Springs on Friday. That game also will not be made up.

The golfers certainly didn’t like seeing the white stuff all over the course at Conquistador Golf Course which had barely reopened from no golf activity for three months (during December, January and February). The course, which was in good shape because of the lack of play and not much winter kill, had reopened on March 1 to generally good weather until the storm this past weekend.

However, in the mountains, the snow was a welcomed sight.

Telluride Resort, located about 60 miles north of Cortez off Colorado Highway 145, received six inches of snow on top and four at mid-mountain overnight Friday and into early Saturday morning. Another trace was recorded during that day. The mountain now has 67 inches at the top and 65 at mid-mountain. It certainly made for great conditions (mostly powder) for the one-on-one cardboard sled derby and the NASTAR Hill.

Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort reported getting nearly a half-foot of snow. The area, located about 25 miles north of Durango on U.S. Highway 550, reports 75 inches at mid-way with powder and packed-powder conditions.

Wolf Creek Ski Area, located some 20 miles east of Pagosa Springs at the top of Wolf Creek Pass, received the most snow from the storm. Some 15 inches fell. The summit snow depth is 131 inches with 120 at mid-mountain. Surface conditions are excellent on powder and packed powder.

About four inches of snow fell at Chicken Creek Cross-Country Ski Area, located just north of Mancos. The area now has nearly four feet of snow. Conditions are still excellent.

Baseball players, anyway should be happy, while the skiers won’t be pleased with the forecast for this week from the National Weather Service. The NWS says temperatures should be on the rise throughout the Four Corners area. Temperatures should reach into the mid-60s by Wednesday and with only a few clouds rolling in by Thursday.

The snow did not stop the Cortez Invitational Youth Wrestling Tournament from taking place on Saturday in Ron Wright Memorial Gym at MCHS. Wrestlers from throughout the Four Corners participated, although some got to the gym a little late. The snow stuck on grassy and dirt surfaces but only made the streets wet in Cortez.